Drum Creek

Drum Creek is a channel in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Drum Creek is situated nearby to the village West Wildwood, as well as near the locality Grassy Sound.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Great White and Sea Serpent.

The Great White

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The Great White is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by Custom Coasters International. It first opened on June 10, 1996 with 2 trains from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. The Great White is situated 1½ miles southeast of Drum Creek.

Sea Serpent

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Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey. Opened in 1984, it was built by Vekoma, and was the first boomerang-style coaster to be built in the US. Sea Serpent is situated 1½ miles southeast of Drum Creek.

The Great Nor’easter

Photo: Kubuswoningen, Public domain.

Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey. The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Brothers, Will and Jack. The Great Nor’easter is situated 2 miles southeast of Drum Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.

Wildwood

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Wildwood is on the Southern Shore of New Jersey. It is primarily a resort town whose population swells in the summer months with vacationers coming mainly from New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Quebec.

Wildwood Crest

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Wildwood Crest is a borough at the southern end of the Wildwood barrier island in Cape May County, in the Southern Shore region of New Jersey. It is the quietest and most residential of the three Wildwoods municipalities — Wildwood, North Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest — and draws primarily families and visitors seeking a lower-key beach experience.

Rio Grande

Village

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Rio Grande is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Middle Township and Lower Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Rio Grande is situated 3 miles west of Drum Creek.

Drum Creek

Type: Channel
Category: body of water
Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.00261° or 39° 0′ 9″ north

Longitude

-74.83045° or 74° 49′ 50″ west

Elevation

-7 feet (-2 metres)

Open location code

87F72539+2R

GeoNames ID

4501568

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