Higbee Beach

Higbee Beach is a beach in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Higbee Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Sunset Beach, as well as near the locality Pavilion Circle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape May Lighthouse and Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church.

Cape May Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in Lower Township's Cape May Point State Park. It was built in 1859 under the supervision of U.S. Army engineer William F. Cape May Lighthouse is situated 2 miles south of Higbee Beach.

Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, known locally as The Gingerbread Church, is a historic church located at the junction of Ocean Avenue and Lake Drive in Cape May Point, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church is situated 1½ miles south of Higbee Beach.

Battery 223

Bunker

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Battery 223 is in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The harbor defense battery was completed in 1943. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2008. Battery 223 is situated 2 miles south of Higbee Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape May Point and North Cape May.

Cape May Point

Village

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Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Cape May Point is situated 1½ miles south of Higbee Beach.

North Cape May

Hamlet

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North Cape May is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. North Cape May is situated 1½ miles north of Higbee Beach.

West Cape May

Village

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West Cape May is a Walsh Act borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. West Cape May is situated 2 miles southeast of Higbee Beach.

Higbee Beach

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

38.959° or 38° 57′ 32″ north

Longitude

-74.9649° or 74° 57′ 54″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C7X25P+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357723215

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

4502232

Wikidata ID

Q49321173

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Higbee Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Higbee Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sunset Beach and Pavilion Circle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Daveys Lake and Sunset Beach.

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