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Thompsons Beach

Thompsons Beach from directly overhead

Thompsons Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Pine Mount stands 28 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is East Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse 1.8 miles away. Bayshore Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States

Wikidata Q49325006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.19258, -74.99482

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums: 28
Historic sites: 25
Nature reserves: 20
Beaches: 16
Gardens: 7
Artworks: 6
  • Ice Cream Statue: 14.9 mi
  • Shark: 16.6 mi
  • Boardwalk Arch: 17.3 mi
  • Wildwoods Sign: 17.4 mi
  • Douglas A. Munro: 17.9 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Muskee Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Potato Island: 9.8 mi
  • Ceremony Hill: 23.4 mi
  • Pine Mount: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Caldwell Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
  • Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Estell Manor Park: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountNW 311°28 m24.0 mi
Muskee HillNNE 16°19 m8.5 mi
Potato IslandSE 140°2 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:5020:30
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1715:5916:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363743546372777569584739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleplain STN Forest, 9 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Riggins Ditch, 0.5 n.mi. above entrance, NJ, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730848

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