At 18 miles long and half a mile wide, Long Beach Island in New Jersey is a beach lover’s dream come true. Small towns like Viking Village, the island’s northern commercial fishing hub and home to Barnegat Light House, and the laidback neighboring seaside towns of Surf City, Harvey Cedar, and Loveladies give the island its charm.

Towns at the island’s southern end are the hip and happening yang to the northern end’s yin. Visitors will love the island’s two waterparks here as well as the fascinating Schooner’s Wharf shopping hot spot inside the hull of a tall ship. You can swim, sightsee, bike, shop, and dine on the island.

Chanticleer Garden (40 minutes) Doylestown (1 hour) Baltimore (1 hour) Longwood Gardens (50 minutes) Ricketts Glen State Park (2 hours, 35 minutes) The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Lapp Valley Farm (1 hour, 20 minutes) Six Flags Great Adventure (1 hour) Gettysburg National Military Park (2 hours, 30 minutes) Knoebels Amusement Resort (2 hours, 35 mins) Atlantic City (1 hour, 10 minutes) Battleship New Jersey (20 minutes) Lambertville (50 minutes) New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (45 minutes) Winterthur Museum and Country Estate (50 minutes) Hershey's Chocolate World (2 hours) New York City (1 hour 30 minutes) Susquehanna River Valley (2 hours, 40 minutes) Cape May (1 hour 40 minutes) Tuckahoe-Corbin City Fish and Wildlife Management Area (1 hour, 15 minutes) Belleplain State Forest (1 hour, 10 minutes) Wharton State Forest (50 minutes) Long Beach Island (1 hour, 30 minutes)

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