Shaw Island
Shaw Island is an islet in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Shaw Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Shawcrest, as well as near the village Wildwood Crest.| 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 Shaw Island.
Wildwoods Convention Center
Convention center
Photo: Sk5893, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
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
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
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 3 miles northwest of Shaw Island.
Shaw Island
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Ephraims Island”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98169° or 38° 58′ 54″ northLongitude
-74.8413° or 74° 50′ 29″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C7X5J5+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 796281408OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4504065
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shawcrest and Wildwood Gables.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coleman-Callahan Memorial Park and Greater Wildwood Yacht Club.
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