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Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach from directly overhead

Sunset Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Potato Island stands 2 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Concrete Ship, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94956, -74.96851

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Pavilion Park: 0.8 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cape May Rotary Park: 2.7 mi
  • Cape May Dog Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lafayette Street Park: 2.7 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 16
Beaches: 13
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Ice Cream Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Douglas A. Munro: 4.4 mi
  • Shark: 7.9 mi
  • Wildwoods Sign: 8.3 mi
  • Boardwalk Arch: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Potato Island: 10.5 mi
  • Bottom Hills: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato IslandNNE 28°2 m10.5 mi
Bottom HillsSSW 194°0 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363744536272777670594941
Precip in3.23.04.13.33.53.53.94.03.84.23.34.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape MAY 2 NW, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cape May Point, Sunset Beach, NJ, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357730642

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