Cape May
Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape at the southern most point of New Jersey
- Also known as: “Caep May”, “Cap May”, “Cape de Maye”, “Cape May Peninsula”, “Cape May Point”, “Cape May, New Jersey”, and “Cape Mey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape May Lighthouse and Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church.
Cape May Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DidierMoise, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Battery 223
Bunker
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape May Point and West 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-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Cape May
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Cape May is a resort town in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It lies at the southernmost point in New Jersey, on the Cape May Peninsula, on the Atlantic Coast.
Cape May
- Category: landform
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Cape May” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Mey burnu”
- Catalan: “Península de Cape May”
- Cebuano: “Cape May”
- Faroese: “Cape May Nesið”
- Hebrew: “כף מאי”
- Hebrew: “כף מיי”
- Japanese: “メイ岬 (ニュージャージー州)”
- Japanese: “メイ岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape May”
- Russian: “Кейп-Мей”
- Russian: “Мей”
- Russian: “Мыс Мей”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sunset Beach and Buck Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lighthouse Pond and Lake Lily.
Cape May County: Must-Visit Destinations
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