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Whale Beach

Whale Beach from directly overhead

Whale Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Muskee Hill stands 19 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Strathmere Natural Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.18845, -74.66183

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 52nd Street Park: 3.2 mi
  • Lake & Shore Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sand Castle Park: 5.1 mi
  • Townsend Inlet Waterfront Park: 5.5 mi
  • Veterans Plaza: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Johnny B. Goode: 7.2 mi
  • Dennis Township Museum & History Center: 8.5 mi
  • Zoo entrance: 10.3 mi
  • Longport Welcome Sign: 11.3 mi
  • Lucy the Elephant: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 26
  • Endicott-Reardon Family Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Sea Isle City Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Discovery Seashell Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Ocean City Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Avalon History Center: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 20
Artworks: 14
  • Boardwalk Arch: 15.2 mi
  • Shark: 16.5 mi
  • Phillis: 16.5 mi
  • Phil: 16.5 mi
  • Humpty Dumpty: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Caldwell Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Estell Manor Park: 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Potato Island: 13.7 mi
  • Muskee Hill: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Muskee HillWNW 299°19 m17.6 mi
Potato IslandWSW 238°2 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3319:4920:29
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1515:5716:40

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, 11 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Strathmere, Strathmere Bay, NJ, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357731823

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