New Jersey Maritime Museum
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New Jersey Maritime Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Miss Beach Haven Fishing Charter, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The New Jersey Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Beach Haven, New Jersey, on Long Beach Island. It opened its doors to the public on July 3, 2007. Its main areas of focus are shipwrecks off the New Jersey coast and their salvaged artifacts, scuba diving and the diving community, notable maritime incidents in New Jersey waters, and the history of the United States Life-Saving Service and its successor, the United States Coast Guard. The museum covers various notable maritime incidents involving the Jersey Shore. It features a full room dedicated to the 1934 Morro Castle disaster, which museum president Deborah Whitcraft coauthored a book on, Inferno at Sea. A fire swept the Morro Castle; the damaged ship eventually beached itself near Asbury Park, NJ, but many of its passengers died in the fire. The incident is sometimes called "New Jersey's Titanic" due to the needlessly high loss of life. There is also an exhibit on the wreck of the USCS Robert J. Walker, a US Coast Survey (a predecessor to NOAA) vessel which sank near Atlantic City and resulted in the deaths of 20 crew. The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916; the collision of the Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm; the destruction of the USS San Diego; the wreck of the U-869; and other topics are also covered.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2007.
Wikidata Q131451161, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Walsh Field: 0.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- William L. Butler Park: 0.4 mi
- William Butler Park Annex: 0.5 mi
- Nelson Avenue Park: 1.2 mi
- Early History of Beach Haven: 0.4 mi
- Chief Pohatcong Monument: 5.9 mi
- Crab Island Fish Factory: 5.9 mi
- Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 6.7 mi
- Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 6.7 mi
- Miss Beach Haven Fishing Charter: 0.1 mi
- Bumper Cars: 0.3 mi
- Carnival Games: 0.4 mi
- Atlantic Scrambler: 0.4 mi
- Honey Bees: 0.4 mi
- Clam Cove Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Westecunk Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Mystic Beach Conservation Area: 7.9 mi
- Mystic Beach Conservation Area: 7.9 mi
- Carvel Island: 9.2 mi
- Beach Haven West Bay Beach: 6.9 mi
- Little Beach: 7.4 mi
- North End Beach: 11.9 mi
- Little Beach: 12.6 mi
- Shore Beach: 13.5 mi
- Long Beach Island Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen's Museum: 5.8 mi
- Old Stone Store: 9.0 mi
- Interpretive Center: 10.8 mi
- Brigantine Museum: 14.2 mi
- Sea Wall Sculpture: 12.3 mi
- Turtle (Murtle) statue: 16.5 mi
- Mother Goose: 21.0 mi
- Moby Dick the Whale: 21.0 mi
- Rub-a-Dub-Dub: 21.0 mi
- Stafford Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Galloway Township Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Rainwater Garden: 22.2 mi
- Peace & Unity Garden: 22.2 mi
- Longport Garden: 23.0 mi
- Bear Swamp Hill: 17.4 mi
- Spring Hill: 18.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 19.4 mi
- Stormy Hill: 19.6 mi
- Forked River Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Island Beach: 20.4 mi
- Batsto Village: 22.1 mi
- Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Barnegat Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Jersey Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forked River Mountain | N 352° | 56 m | 19.6 mi |
| Apple Pie Hill | NW 312° | 56 m | 24.8 mi |
| East Mountain | N 353° | 55 m | 19.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 351° | 54 m | 19.4 mi |
| Spring Hill | NW 322° | 52 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bear Swamp Hill | NW 318° | 48 m | 17.4 mi |
| Jemima Mount | WNW 297° | 31 m | 22.3 mi |
| Stormy Hill | NW 305° | 22 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
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 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/699969831
Day trips start here
- Atlantic City · 17 mi
- Ventnor City · 20 mi
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