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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or 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-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or 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″ northLongitude
-74.95555° or 74° 57′ 20″ westLevels
2Open location code
87C7W2JV+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 258567900OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q4869806
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