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Attractions near Cape May

Harriet Tubman Museum: Cape May’s one place to visit

Cape May’s list takes in 9 museums, 6 theme parks and 2 landmarks. Mapped inside Cape May is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 19. Beyond the town, the best known is Pine Barrens, 56 mi off.

Attractions nearby
35
within 60 miles
The big one
56 mi
Pine Barrens
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 56 mi north

Pine Barrens

Coastal pine barrens in southern New Jersey, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

Steel Pier, 39 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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

Everything nearby

Full list of places

20 places in all: one in town and 34 within 60 miles.

The places inside Cape May lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Cape May → · Cape May’s history →

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

Harriet Tubman Museum: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Adkins Arboretum: Willcook3, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Cold Spring Village: Smallbones, Public domain · New Jersey Maritime Museum: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, 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 · Salisbury University Arboretum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Star Hill AME Church: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0

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