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Southern Coast
Boardwalk heritage, local collections and Cape May history introduce three southern coastal communities.
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Southern Coast, a little closer.
Boardwalk heritage, local collections and Cape May history introduce three southern coastal communities. Museums, tours and beach areas have separate arrangements.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
Three places to begin.
Choose a local stop, then find food and a place to stay.
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Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Southern Coast. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real New Jersey photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- A sunset view of the beach in Atlantic City, NJ.jpg — Bruce Emmerling. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Ocean City NJ beach looking south from Music Pier.jpeg — Dough4872. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Cape May Beach Ave from the sea 3.JPG — Smallbones. CC0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
Independent visitor sources; inclusion is not a paid placement or an endorsement by the source.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, New Jersey FIPS 34, all 21 counties. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not New Jersey’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.