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 Welcome to the StateParkBeach.Com, a website devoted to the beach at the Cape May Point State Park in Cape May Point, New Jersey. SateParkBeach.Com is part of a group of websites called CapeMayBeaches.Com. We hope you enjoy your visit with us and come back often, as we intend to continually add great beach photography to our websites. We also invite photographic and other contributions from our sites' visitors. Many people already have shared their favorite beach shots, old family photos from various beaches as well as poetry, stories, etc.
 The Cape May Point State Park contains many treasures including a wonderful, old, functioning lighthouse, which you may climb to the top of (for a nominal fee). The State Park also boasts a beautiful, clean, sandy beach at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay, frequently with a view of dolphin swimming just off the shoreline. This beach is one of the very few free beaches in the entire State of New Jersey. The State Park is probably most famous, however, for the fresh water marshland behind the beach, which serves as a critical migratory stop for many, many species of birds traveling down the east coast of the United States. Cape May Point is the last available stop prior to crossing the Delaware Bay and continuing along the flyways southbound. Nature trails and bird watching platforms offer visitors the opportunity to view up close many species they will not typically see elsewhere. A concrete gunnery bunker, constructed during World War II to help guard the mouth of the Delaware Bay, is still standing, albeit precariously. The State Park additionally offers plenty of free parking, free use of picnic pavilions, restrooms and a small, but very interesting museum. All of this is provided within an environmentally stunning setting at the very southern tip of New Jersey.
 The beach at the State Park is a stark contrast to many of New Jersey's crowded tourist beaches. The unguarded beach technically does not allow swimming. However, on any given day in the summer, you will find many people, families, young people, etc. enjoying the surf. The prohibition against swimming exists because of some submerged and some partially submerged remnants of the equipment and structures used during the war to help protect America from German U-Boats. The current swimming ban is the reason that the State does not provide lifeguards; although locals and visitors alike are lobbying the State to reverse the ban. The beach itself warrants a visit to the State Park and is a unique beach experience.
Please enjoy the site, particularly the photography, which we hope to always be adding to. Please also feel free to send us anything you would like to have considered for posting on the site. Your input and suggestions are also always welcome.
The CapeMayBeaches.Com team.
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State Park Beach is changing it's appearance!
Take a look at State Park Beach renovation progress - our special photoreport (December 8th, 2004) - click here >>
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