Thompsons Beach
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
- 1.3 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 1.3 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Nest Field: 6.6 mi
- Dennis Township Recreation Center: 11.0 mi
- Cape May County Park & Zoo: 11.6 mi
- Maria Sheets Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Lake & Shore Park: 13.9 mi
- Worlds Largest Shopping Cart: 7.1 mi
- Dennis Township Museum & History Center: 9.4 mi
- Zoo entrance: 11.2 mi
- New Jersey Motorsports Park: 12.2 mi
- NJ Field of Dreams Trails Park: 12.2 mi
- Bayshore Center at Bivalve: 3.5 mi
- The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage: 10.0 mi
- Millville Army Air Field Museum: 13.1 mi
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum: 13.7 mi
- Historical Preservation Society: 14.3 mi
- Cross Ledge Light: 12.7 mi
- Patrolman David C. Douglass, Sr. Memorial Grave: 15.1 mi
- U.S. Life Saving Station No.35: 16.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Belleplain State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Lawrence Township Open Space: 14.6 mi
- Fairfield Township Open Space: 15.4 mi
- Armacost Park Pollinator Habitat: 15.7 mi
- Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary: 16.0 mi
- Moores Beach: 2.4 mi
- Cooks Beach: 7.9 mi
- Kimbles Beach: 8.0 mi
- Fortescue Beach: 10.3 mi
- Sunray Beach: 10.8 mi
- Rain garden: 19.0 mi
- Meditation garden: 19.1 mi
- Pollinator garden: 19.1 mi
- Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve Smart Trails: 21.6 mi
- Slaybaugh Primary Garden: 22.9 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 12.3 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 14.6 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 15.6 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- 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
- Muskee Hill: 8.5 mi
- Potato Island: 9.8 mi
- Ceremony Hill: 23.4 mi
- Pine Mount: 24.0 mi
- Caldwell Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Estell Manor Park: 20.9 mi
- South Cape May: 18.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mount | NW 311° | 28 m | 24.0 mi |
| Muskee Hill | NNE 16° | 19 m | 8.5 mi |
| Potato Island | SE 140° | 2 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
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 | 36 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357730848
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