Battery 223

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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape May Lighthouse and Saint Peter’s-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church.

Cape May Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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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. Cape May Lighthouse is situated 1,500 feet west of Battery 223.

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

Church

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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 3,100 feet west of Battery 223.

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 1¼ miles northeast of Battery 223.

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

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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.

Battery 223

Type: Bunker
Categories: artillery battery, building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Lower Township, Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.93155° or 38° 55′ 54″ north

Longitude

-74.95555° or 74° 57′ 20″ west

Levels

Open location code

87C7W2JV+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 258567900

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

Wikidata ID

Q4869806

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