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Attractions near Avalon

Worth the trip from Avalon: Boardwalk Hall, 24 mi off

Avalon’s list takes in 7 museums, 6 theme parks and 2 landmarks. The town has no place on our list of its own; 20 are within 40 miles. For a full day, there is Pine Barrens, 46 mi away.

Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
46 mi
Pine Barrens
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 46 mi north

Pine Barrens

Coastal pine barrens in southern New Jersey, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

Wharton State Forest marks the outer edge, 39 mi away.

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Orange: Avalon. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

Nothing is inside Avalon itself; these 40 are within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Avalon → · Avalon’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Fort Delaware: Michael Swanda, U.S. Army Corps of Enginers, Public domain · Barnegat Lighthouse: L'Aquatique, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USCGC Tamaroa: Unknown USCG member, Public domain · Assateague Island National Seashore: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Gillians Wonderland Pier and Island Waterpark: Kevin Jarrett from Northfield, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Mercer: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Pinelands National Reserve: New Jersey Pinelands Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Miles: Unknown, Public domain · Wharton State Forest: Mwanner at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Air Mobility Command Museum: Teamski1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Storybook Land: Storybook Land, FAL · Trimper's Rides: Mttbme, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Funland (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware): Tsole, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum: Smallbones, CC0 · Zwaanendael Museum: Smallbones, CC0 · Harriet Tubman Museum: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Cold Spring Village: Smallbones, Public domain · Kirby's Mill: Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Jersey Maritime Museum: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barnegat Light Public School: James Welsh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calvin B. Taylor House: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Holmes House: Smallbones, Public domain · Leaming's Run Gardens: Amore Mio, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Star Hill AME Church: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · James and Ann Whitall House: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lewis W. Barton Arboretum: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0

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