Turtle Gut
Turtle Gut Inlet was an inlet located in what is now Wildwood Crest, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Inlet
- Description: former inlet in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Turtle Gut Inlet” and “Turtle Gutt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary.
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. Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Turtle Gut.
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary is a 21.5-acre bird sanctuary and nature preserve in Stone Harbor, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was created in 1947 by local ordinance. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in October 1965, the first in New Jersey. Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary is situated 2½ miles east of Turtle Gut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burleigh and Mayville.
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 2 miles west of Turtle Gut.
Mayville
Hamlet
Middle Township is a township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, 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. Mayville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Turtle Gut.
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 2½ miles west of Turtle Gut.
Turtle Gut
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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