Richardson Channel
Richardson Channel is a channel in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Richardson Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Shawcrest, as well as near the village West Wildwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Great White and Wildwoods Convention Center.
The Great White
Photo: Dplcrnj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great White is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by Custom Coasters International. It has been operating since June 10, 1996 and has 2 trains from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company with 6 cars per train. The Great White is situated 1½ miles east of Richardson Channel.
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 1½ miles southeast of Richardson Channel.
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 2 miles east of Richardson Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildwood Crest and Wildwood.
Wildwood Crest
Village
Photo: Dough4872, Public domain.
Wildwood Crest is a 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 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.
Wildwood
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.
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 Richardson Channel.
Richardson Channel
- Type: Channel
- Also known as: “Richardsons Channel”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.99206° or 38° 59′ 31″ northLongitude
-74.84156° or 74° 50′ 30″ westElevation
-26 feet (-8 metres)Open location code
87C7X5R5+R9GeoNames ID
4503777
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Satellite Map
Discover Richardson Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shawcrest and West Wildwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shaw Cutoff and Stites Creek.
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