Dead Thorofare
Dead Thorofare is a channel in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Dead Thorofare is situated nearby to the neighborhood Anglesea, as well as near the locality Shellbed Landing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary.
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Skip Willits Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in North Wildwood, New Jersey, situated on the southern shore of Hereford Inlet at the north end of Five Mile Beach. Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles south of Dead Thorofare.
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary is a 21.5-acre bird sanctuary and nature preserve in Stone Harbor, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was created in 1947 by local ordinance. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in October 1965, the first in New Jersey. Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary is situated 2 miles east of Dead Thorofare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayville and Burleigh.
Mayville
Hamlet
Middle Township is a township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. Mayville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dead Thorofare.
Burleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Burleigh is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey; Until the 2000 census the area had been part of the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP, which was split in 2010 into separate CDPs for Burleigh and Whitesboro. Burleigh is situated 2½ miles west of Dead Thorofare.
Stone Harbor
Photo: Apuch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stone Harbor is part of a small island off the coast of Cape May County, New Jersey. Stone Harbor spans only three miles of the seven-mile island. It is well known for its clean beaches and small town charm.
Dead Thorofare
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.039° or 39° 2′ 20″ northLongitude
-74.8035° or 74° 48′ 13″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87F725QW+HJGeoNames ID
4501464
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Localities in the Area
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