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Fortescue Beach

Fortescue Beach, a beach in New Jersey
Fortescue Beach, a beach in New JerseyEric Baratta · CC BY 4.0

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

Coordinates39.24158, -75.17598

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Attractions
Nature reserves: 27
Museums: 26
  • 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
Historic sites: 23
  • 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
Beaches: 8
Peaks: 5
  • 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
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coffin HillNNW 330°31 m19.7 mi
Pine MountNW 325°28 m14.9 mi
Muskee HillENE 68°19 m13.0 mi
Potato IslandSE 124°2 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1815:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542526271767468564637
Precip in3.12.64.13.53.13.94.34.63.23.83.23.9

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 mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357721925

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