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Cape May

Cape May is a resort town in the state of , in the United States. It lies at the southernmost point in New Jersey, on the Cape May Peninsula, on the Atlantic Coast.
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  • Type: Town with 3,810 residents
  • Description: city in New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Caep May”, “Cape Island”, “Cape May Town”, “Cape May, New Jersey”, and “Cape May, NJ”
  • Postal code: 08204

Places of Interest

Highlights include Emlen Physick Estate and Episcopal Church of the Advent/St. John’s Chapel.

Museum
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The is a Victorian house museum in Cape May, . The estate is located at 1048 Washington Street.

Church
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The Episcopal Church of the Advent / St. John's Chapel is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building located at Franklin and Washington streets in Cape May, , United States.

Hotel
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is a hotel in Cape May, New Jersey. The National Park Service described it as the "Oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Cape May and Cape May Point.

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.

Village
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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. is situated 2½ miles west of Cape May.

Hamlet
Lower Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . The township, 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.

Cape May

Latitude
38.9334° or 38° 56′ 0″ north
Longitude
-74.9214° or 74° 55′ 17″ west
Population
3,810
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CGF
Open location code
87C7W3MH+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158863250
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4501066
Wiki­data ID
Q138548
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape May” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كابي ماي”
  • Basque: “Cape May”
  • Bulgarian: “Кейп Мей”
  • Catalan: “Cape May”
  • Catalan: “City of Cape May”
  • Cebuano: “Cape May”
  • Chechen: “Кеп-Мей”
  • Chinese: “Cape May”
  • Chinese: “五月岬”
  • Chinese: “开普梅”
  • Chinese: “開普梅”
  • Czech: “Cape May”
  • Dagbani: “Cape May”
  • Dutch: “Cape May”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيب ماى”
  • French: “Cape May”
  • German: “Cape May”
  • Greek: “Κέιπ Μέι”
  • Haitian: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Cape May”
  • Hebrew: “קייפ מיי”
  • Interlingua: “Cape May”
  • Irish: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Irish: “Cape May”
  • Italian: “Cape May City”
  • Italian: “Cape May”
  • Italian: “City of Cape May”
  • Japanese: “ケープ・メイ”
  • Japanese: “ケープメイ (ニュージャージー州)”
  • Kazakh: “Кэйп Мэй”
  • Kirghiz: “Кэйп Мэй”
  • Korean: “케이프 메이”
  • Korean: “케이프메이”
  • Ladin: “Cape May”
  • Mazanderani: “کیپ می (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “کیپ می”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cape May”
  • Neapolitan: “Cape May”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape May”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਪ ਮੇ”
  • Persian: “کیپ می، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “کیپ می”
  • Polish: “Cape May”
  • Portuguese: “Cape May”
  • Romanian: “Cape May”
  • Russian: “Кейп-Мей”
  • Sardinian: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Sardinian: “Cape May”
  • Serbian: “Кејп Меј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cape May”
  • Silesian: “Cape May”
  • Slovak: “Cape May”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کئیپ مای، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Cape May (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Cape May”
  • Swedish: “Cape May”
  • Tamil: “கேப் மே, நியூ செர்சி”
  • Tamil: “கேப் மே”
  • Tatar: “Кеп-Мей”
  • Turkish: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Cape May”
  • Ukrainian: “Кейп-Мей”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеп-Мей”
  • Uzbek: “Cape May”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cape May”
  • Welsh: “Cape May, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Cape May”

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