Cape May Lighthouse

Cape May Lighthouse (HM47X)

Location: Cape May, NJ 08204 Cape May County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 55.986', W 74° 57.613'

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Cape May Lighthouse
For some 180 years, a lighthouse beacon has stood here at the southern tip of New Jersey, guarding the entrance to Delaware Bay. The present tower was constructed in 1859. Standing 157½ feet tall, it is the third lighthouse on this site, replacing earlier structures built in 1823 and 1847. Listed on the national Register of Historic Places, the present lighthouse is owned by the State of New Jersey, Division of Parks and Forestry, and is still operated by the U.S. Coast Guard as an active Aid to Navigation. Since December 1986, the Cape May Lighthouse has been leased to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), a non-profit organization located nearby in Cape May. MAC has assumed the responsibility of restoring the lighthouse, interpreting it as a historic site and opening it to the general public.

You may begin your Lighthouse visit at the Oil House, which contains an Orientation Exhibit and the Lighthouse Museum Shop.
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HM NumberHM47X
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 12:17pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 503448 N 4309353
Decimal Degrees38.93310000, -74.96021667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 55.986', W 74° 57.613'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 55' 59.16" N, 74° 57' 36.78" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 800-890 D, Cape May NJ 08204, US
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