Fort Point

Fort Point is a cape in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Fort Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Weeks Landing, as well as near Shawcrest.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wildwoods Convention Center and Boardwalk Chapel.

Wildwoods Convention Center

Convention center

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The Wildwoods Convention Center is a convention center and indoor arena in Wildwood, New Jersey. Built in 2001 to replace an older Convention Hall, the center has exhibition space of 260,000 sq ft. Wildwoods Convention Center is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Point.

Boardwalk Chapel

Church

Boardwalk Chapel is a summertime Christian Gospel outreach on the two-mile boardwalk on the barrier island of The Wildwoods, New Jersey which holds 77 consecutive evening services during June, July, and August, open to boardwalkers. Boardwalk Chapel is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Point.

Caribbean Motel

Motel

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Caribbean Motel is a historic motel located in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. It is located in the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. The motel was built in 1957 in the Doo-Wop style by Lou Morey, whose family built many of the Wildwoods' original Doo Wop motels, for original owners Dominic and Julie Rossi. Caribbean Motel is situated 2 miles east of Fort Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildwood Crest and Rio Grande.

Wildwood Crest

Photo: Dough4872, Public domain.

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

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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 2½ miles northwest of Fort Point.

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.

Fort Point

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.9815° or 38° 58′ 53″ north

Longitude

-74.86156° or 74° 51′ 42″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C7X4JQ+H9

GeoNames ID

4501832

Wikidata ID

Q34753547

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Fort Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fort Point”

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Localities in the Area

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