Oyster Creek

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and Wildwood Catholic Academy.

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.

Wildwood Catholic Academy

School

Wildwood Catholic Academy, formerly Wildwood Catholic High School, is a co-educational pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade Catholic school in North Wildwood, in Cape May County, New Jersey.

St. Ann Catholic Church (Wildwood, New Jersey)

Church

Photo: WhisperToMe, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.

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

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.

Whitesboro

Hamlet

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Whitesboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Whitesboro is situated 3½ miles northwest of Oyster Creek.

Oyster 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

39.00734° or 39° 0′ 26″ north

Longitude

-74.8085° or 74° 48′ 31″ west

Elevation

-10 feet (-3 metres)

Open location code

87F7254R+WJ

GeoNames ID

4503451

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Oyster Creek Point and Grassy Point.

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