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Cape May County Park & Zoo

Cape May County Park & Zoo from directly overhead

Cape May County Park & Zoo is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Muskee Hill stands 19 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Zoo entrance, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.10066, -74.81423

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Zoo entrance: 0.4 mi
  • Dennis Township Museum & History Center: 6.4 mi
  • Gateway 26: 7.6 mi
  • SkyCoaster: 7.7 mi
  • Carousel: 7.7 mi
Parks: 57
  • Stone Harbor Recreation - 82nd Street Complex: 4.4 mi
  • Dennis Township Recreation Center: 5.1 mi
  • Surfside Park: 5.2 mi
  • Veterans Plaza: 5.2 mi
  • Townsend Inlet Waterfront Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 25
Beaches: 17
Historic sites: 15
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Boardwalk Arch: 7.4 mi
  • Shark: 7.8 mi
  • Wildwoods Sign: 8.3 mi
  • Ice Cream Statue: 10.7 mi
  • Douglas A. Munro: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Caldwell Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Estell Manor Park: 22.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Potato Island: 3.6 mi
  • Muskee Hill: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape May County Park & Zoo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Muskee HillNNW 333°19 m16.3 mi
Potato IslandWSW 251°2 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3419:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1615:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363743546372777569584739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleplain STN Forest, 10 mi away.

  • Eastern Pondhawk455 obs
  • Calico Pennant415 obs
  • Blue Dasher386 obs
  • Common Whitetail334 obs
  • Halloween Pennant291 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer273 obs
  • Fragile Forktail271 obs
  • Autumn Meadowhawk245 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28595444

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