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West Wildwood New Jersey Map

Explore West Wildwood, New Jersey, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of West Wildwood, New Jersey

How to Use This West Wildwood, New Jersey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Wildwood, New Jersey. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Jersey or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to West Wildwood.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	West Wildwood
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Cape May County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.002335
Longitude	-74.824334
Population	540
Density	729.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	08260
Area Code	609, 640
County Seat	Middle Township
School District	West Wildwood Borough School District

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About West Wildwood, New Jersey

West Wildwood is a locality in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 540. The population density is 729.0 people per km². West Wildwood is located at 39.0023°N, 74.8243°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Wildwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08260.

West Wildwood occupies a low-lying expanse of marsh and meadowland where the horizon dissolves into the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 5.4 miles east-northeast of Lower, NJ (from Lower, NJ: bearing 63°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south of Middle. The Wildwood Canal carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its dark, tidal waters acting as a dark vein that feeds the rhythmic pulse of the Post Creek Basin. To the north, the salt marshes stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the silhouette of Firman Island rising like a green ghost from the reeds. During the golden hour, the light here possesses a particular, bruised quality, casting long shadows across the West Wildwood Park that seem to hold the stillness of the wetlands in a fragile, suspended state.

West Wildwood emerged from the singular desire to reclaim land from the shifting tides, growing as a quiet outpost defined by its proximity to the water and the seasonal ebb of human activity. The local economy remains tethered to this maritime identity, favoring the maintenance of docks and the quiet industry of boat slips over the frantic pace of the nearby shore. While the distant, hazy outline of Cabin Ridge marks the edge of the world far inland, the character of the place is shaped by the immediate, watery geography and the persistent influence of the Atlantic Ocean. Far from the dense, frantic energy of more developed corridors, the rhythm here is set by the arrival of the tide and the steady, unpretentious maintenance of homes that have weathered generations of salt wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape May County Open Space (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 149° SE
North Wildwood City Estuary or Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 117° SE
Soccer Complex Development (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 179° S
Delaware Avenue Rec Center (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 109° E
Cape May Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.7 mi, 347° N
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 257° W
Big Blue Cruiser Whale Watcher (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 180° S
Royal Flush Fishing (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 198° S
Race Zone Amuseuments (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 145° SE
Games (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 145° SE
Seaport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 1.3 mi, 144° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 166° S
Christopher Columbus Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 167° S
North Wildwood City Beach or Boardwalk (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 123° SE
Wildwoods Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 171° S
Survivor (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 187° S
Cape Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 260° W
Franks Rio Grande (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 287° W
Frank's Rio Stadium Theater (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 285° W
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.5 mi, 209° SW · 38k acres
Marsh Trail Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 208° SW
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 6.0 mi, 314° NW
Cape May Point State Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 262° W
Thomas Kinkade Gallery (Gallery) — 7.0 mi, 228° SW
Cape May Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 228° SW
Great Sound State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 013° N
The Sperlak Gallery and Sculpture Gardens (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 354° N
Fort Miles Interpretive Site (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 223° SW
Ocean City Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 034° NE
The Ocean City Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 034° NE

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