Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
The Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in North Wildwood, New Jersey, situated on the southern shore of Hereford Inlet at the north end of Five Mile Beach.Photo: Skip Willits Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Hereford Inlet Light”, “Hereford Inlet Light Station”, and “Hereford Inlet lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Great Nor’easter and Wildwood Catholic Academy.
The Great Nor’easter
Photo: Kubuswoningen, Public domain.
Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey. The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Brothers, Will and Jack. The Great Nor’easter is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.
Wildwood Catholic Academy
School
Wildwood Catholic Academy, formerly Wildwood Catholic High School, is a co-educational pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade Catholic school in North Wildwood, in Cape May County, New Jersey. Wildwood Catholic Academy is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.
Sea Serpent
Photo: Dplcrnj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey. Opened in 1984, it was built by Vekoma, and was the first boomerang-style coaster to be built in the US. Sea Serpent is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.
Wildwood
Wildwood is on the Southern Shore of New Jersey. It is primarily a resort town whose population swells in the summer months with vacationers coming mainly from New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Quebec.
Wildwood Crest
Village
Photo: Dough4872, Public domain.
Wildwood Crest is a 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 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. Wildwood Crest is situated 3 miles southwest of Hereford Inlet Lighthouse.
Stone Harbor
Photo: Apuch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stone Harbor is part of a small island off the coast of Cape May County, New Jersey. Stone Harbor spans only three miles of the seven-mile island. It is well known for its clean beaches and small town charm.
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of North Wildwood, Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.00681° or 39° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
-74.79153° or 74° 47′ 30″ westInception
1874Height
57 feet (17 metres)Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
87F72645+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 266392236OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5737997
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In Other Languages
“Hereford Inlet Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Hereford Inlet”
- French: “Phare de Hereford Inlet”
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