Shooting Island
Shooting Island is an islet in Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Shooting Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Anglesea, as well as near the hamlet Grassy Sound South.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and The Great Nor’easter.
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.
The Great Nor’easter
Photo: Kubuswoningen, Public domain.
Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey. The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Brothers, Will and Jack. The Great Nor’easter is situated 2 miles south of Shooting Island.
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 2 miles south of Shooting Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildwood and Whitesboro.
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.
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 3 miles northwest of Shooting Island.
Burleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Burleigh is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey; Until the 2000 census the area had been part of the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP, which was split in 2010 into separate CDPs for Burleigh and Whitesboro. Burleigh is situated 3 miles northwest of Shooting Island.
Shooting Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.01538° or 39° 0′ 55″ northLongitude
-74.8118° or 74° 48′ 43″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87F7258Q+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 272974264OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4504106
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