Cape May Lighthouse

The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in Lower Township'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.

Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church

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 Cape May Point, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church is situated 1,700 feet west of Cape May Lighthouse.

Battery 223

Bunker

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Battery 223 is in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The harbor defense battery was completed in 1943. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2008. Battery 223 is situated 1,500 feet east of Cape May Lighthouse.

West Cape May School District

School

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape May Point and West Cape May.

Cape May Point

Village

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Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula 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 metropolitan area.

West Cape May

Village

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West Cape May is a Walsh Act 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 South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Cape May

Photo: SnapShotCapeMay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cape May is a resort town in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It lies at the southernmost point in New Jersey, on the Cape May Peninsula, on the Atlantic Coast.

Cape May Lighthouse

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Lower Township, Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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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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Satellite Map

Discover Cape May Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

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

French: “phare de Cape May”
French: “Phare de Cape May”
German: “Cape May Leuchtturm”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cape May Light and Pavilion Circle.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Keeper’s House and Oil House.

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