Cape May NJ Visitors Guide: Not Just a Summer Resort

Cape May Beaches
The Cape May County Beaches in the southern end of the Jersey shore are known for their wide, fine, powdery sand, and are considered to be amongst the best beaches on the Atlantic coast.

Biking
Cape May is a bike friendly town. Their "Dero Fixit" is a free bicycle repair and service station located to the left of the steps leading up to Convention Hall. Its equipped with a hand air pump for filling your tires, and tools to change a flat tire or adjust your brakes. Its secured by wires to make sure everything will be there when you need it.
Cape May also has many bike rentals available throughout the town by the hour or day. Cycle down to the Cape May Light House or to Sunset Beach.

Cape May County Zoo
The Cape May County Zoo is the largest and most visited zoo along the Jersey Shore. Popular with families the zoo features lush country gardens, with a large collection of over 550 animals representing over 250 species.

Cape May Light House
The Cape May Lighthouse is located on the southernmost tip of New Jersey. Climb up the winding 199 stairs to the top of the 157 foot-tall structure and from the watch gallery take in a fantastic view the Atlantic ocean, the town of Cape May, Delaware Bay, and Cape May Point State Park. Visit the on site Nautical Museum.

 Emlen Physick Estate
1048 Washington St.
Cape May, NJ
A Victorian house museum that provides a look back at the Victorian past of the area. Here you will see the architecture, decorative arts, customs and the lives of the Physicks as showcased in the home they lived. No matter what time of year it is, you can take a tour of this 18 room mansion designed by renowned architect Frank Furness. Built in 1879, it's considered by some to be one of the finest examples of Victorian “Stick Style” architecture in America.

National Wildlife Refuge
The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is one of the largest in the National Wildlife system. It was established to protect migratory birds along New Jersey's coastline.

Sunset Beach
Every trip to Cape May must include a visit to Sunset Beach.
Known for it's spectacular over the water sunsets, the Flag lowering ceremony at sunset, the site of the S. S. Atlantus, a World War l concrete ship, and the World War - ll "Concrete Tower"

Harriet Tubman Museum of New Jersey
632 Lafayette Street
Harriet Tubman lived in Cape May in the early 1850s, working to help fund her missions to guide enslaved people to freedom.
The Harriet Tubman Museum building is located on a block that anti-slavery activists called home in Cape May. Lafayette Street and Franklin Street became a center of abolitionist activity centered around three important buildings developed in 1846.

Cape May Stage - Robert Shackleton Playhouse
405 Lafayette St, (Corner of Bank and Lafayette Streets)
Cape May Stage is a non-profit organization, located in a 1853 historic structure that is now a state-of-the-art theatre and is known to residents and visitors "as the jewel in the crown of Cape May's architectural gems." This beautifully restored building has 124 seats set up in stadium design.

Whale Watching
Take in a Whale and Dolphin watching boat trip. For a more casual experience, there is picnicking, and beach walking at sunrise or sunset, where you are apt to see schools of dolphins swimming by.

Washington Street Pedestrian Mall
A must visit pedestrian village with quaint shops, restaurants, art galleries, souvenir stores and more. Many are open year round.