Fortescue Beach
Fortescue Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of -2 m. Coffin Hill stands 31 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Ledge Light, a historic site 3.9 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.
Wikidata Q34753702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- -2 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- NJ Field of Dreams Trails Park: 9.7 mi
- New Jersey Motorsports Park: 10.3 mi
- WWII firetruck: 10.6 mi
- WWII ambulance: 10.6 mi
- M60A3 Tank: 10.6 mi
- Owls Nest Field: 4.8 mi
- Sharp Street Park: 12.7 mi
- Waltman Park: 12.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 12.9 mi
- Joe Buck Park: 12.9 mi
- Bayshore Center at Bivalve: 7.6 mi
- Millville Army Air Field Museum: 10.6 mi
- Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape: 13.3 mi
- Cumberland County Prehistoric Museum: 13.4 mi
- Bridgeton Southern New Jersey All Sports Hall of Fame Museum: 13.9 mi
- Cross Ledge Light: 3.9 mi
- H. Myron Bacon: 10.8 mi
- Madison Island: 12.1 mi
- Funeral Home: 13.2 mi
- GreenwichTea Burning Monument: 13.4 mi
- Lawrence Township Open Space: 9.7 mi
- Fairfield Township Open Space: 9.8 mi
- PSEG Green Swamp Nature Area: 10.8 mi
- Cumberland County Open Space: 12.8 mi
- Hopewell Township: 13.6 mi
- Thompsons Beach: 10.3 mi
- Moores Beach: 12.7 mi
- Cooks Beach: 17.7 mi
- Kimbles Beach: 17.7 mi
- Sunray Beach: 18.9 mi
- Muskee Hill: 13.0 mi
- Ceremony Hill: 14.6 mi
- Pine Mount: 14.9 mi
- Potato Island: 19.3 mi
- Coffin Hill: 19.7 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 8.1 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 16.2 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 18.0 mi
- Rain garden: 14.7 mi
- Meditation garden: 14.7 mi
- Pollinator garden: 14.8 mi
- Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 24.4 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 21.9 mi
- Beauty and the Beast: 23.3 mi
- Padre Pio: 23.6 mi
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- South Cape May: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fortescue Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffin Hill | NNW 330° | 31 m | 19.7 mi |
| Pine Mount | NW 325° | 28 m | 14.9 mi |
| Muskee Hill | ENE 68° | 19 m | 13.0 mi |
| Potato Island | SE 124° | 2 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millville Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 5.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Fortescue Creek, NJ, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357721925
Day trips start here
- Cumberland County · 7 mi
- Vineland · 19 mi
- Dover · 20 mi
- Magnolia · 20 mi
- Camden · 22 mi
- Salem County · 25 mi
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