Jersey Shore
Cape May County
Lower Township

Cape May Lighthouse

The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of at the tip of , in 's Cape May Point State Park. It was built in 1859 under the supervision of U.S. Army engineer William F.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Cape May Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church and Battery 223.

Church
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, known locally as The Gingerbread Church, is a historic church located at the junction of Ocean Avenue and Lake Drive in , , , United States. is situated 1,700 feet west of Cape May Lighthouse.

Bunker
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
is in , , , United States. The harbor defense battery was completed in 1943. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2008. is situated 1,500 feet east of Cape May Lighthouse.

School
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is a community school district located in in , in the U.S. state of , that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. is situated 1½ miles east of Cape May Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape May Point and West Cape May.

Village
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in , in the U.S. state of . The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the --, -NJ-- combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Village
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is a Walsh Act borough in , in the U.S. state of . The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the --, -NJ-- combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Photo: SnapShotCapeMay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a resort town in the state of , in the . It lies at the southernmost point in New Jersey, on the Peninsula, on the Atlantic Coast.

Cape May Lighthouse

Latitude
38.93299° or 38° 55′ 59″ north
Longitude
-74.96037° or 74° 57′ 37″ west
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
87C7W2MQ+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 261320234
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
6301899
Wiki­data ID
Q5034933
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Cape May Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape May Lighthouse”. Photo: DidierMoise, CC BY-SA 4.0.