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Island Beach

Island Beach from directly overhead

Island Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the west, 11 miles off. Pine Barrens Byway passes 21 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

barrier island in New Jersey, United States

Wikidata Q60791047, matched on coordinates and name (121 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.83484, -74.08752

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 40
  • Go-Karts: 7.5 mi
  • Jump Island Water Park: 7.5 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 7.6 mi
  • USS Randolph Anchor: 9.9 mi
  • The Dancing Crab: 11.6 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 19
  • Bathing Beach Number 2: 1.0 mi
  • Bathing Beach Number 1: 1.3 mi
  • Amherst Beach: 5.7 mi
  • 5th Avenue Park: 5.9 mi
  • Barnegat Light Bay Beach: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 19
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 6
Artworks: 2
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 10.7 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainW 275°56 m10.9 mi
East MountainW 275°55 m10.7 mi
Pine HillW 273°54 m11.3 mi
Spring HillWSW 258°52 m20.0 mi
Bear Swamp HillWSW 254°48 m20.8 mi
Stony HillNNW 340°40 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2919:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:1515:5316:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340506069757365544437
Precip in4.43.24.93.83.63.94.55.04.74.53.75.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toms River, 11 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Island Beach, NJ, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357732496

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