Point Pleasant, NJ - Visitor Information

Point Pleasant is the ultimate Jersey Shore family destination, offering exciting activities for a day trip, a week end, or as a summer vacation destination?

This New Jersey Shore destination bills itself as being family-oriented attraction. The Boardwalk, one of the nicest in the state, stretches for a mile and has a first class aquarium, family amusements, rides, games of chance, arcades, food, live entertainment, and a one-of-a-kind Victorian-style ice cream parlor.

The beach is safe and clean where children can build sand castles and body surf in the ocean while their parents bask in the sunshine and cool salt-air breezes.

It has all the fanfare and excitement expected of a top rated beach town.

At night, the Boardwalk vibrates with colorful lights, exciting rides twisting with screams and music, and in the arcades you can hear the bleeps of the latest video games. For adults, several nightclubs with the latest music blasting away can be heard along with their dancing into the late night hours.
The Downtown area boasts a shopping district with many unique shops and antique establishments, making the area a great location for all ages. And if shopping builds up an appetite, the many fine restaurants, coffee shops and cafes are there to satisfy whatever your taste is.

Only a one-hour drive from New York City, or an hour and a half ride on New Jersey Transit, with a 15 minute walk to the boardwalk, this small town on the Jersey shore is a popular vacation spot for North New Jersey and NYC tourists, or “benny’s” as the locals call them.

Major Attractions

• Jenkinson's Aquarium -Explore two floors of exotic fish, mammals, and birds. Facilities include a petting tank and a fossil room.
  

• The Boardwalk Over a one-mile long boardwalk with arcades, amusements, entertainment, food stands and beach train. During the summer they also have fireworks and laser light shows.
  

• Beaches - clean beaches, accommodations, amusements, bathhouses, daily or seasonal badges, boardwalk, fishing, lifeguard on duty until 6:00, picnicking, scuba diving and surfing. There are both public and private beaches in Point Pleasant. A public access beach can be found at the southern end of town with an entrance on Ocean Avenue across from the Dunes Motel. It's free, but be aware there are no lifeguards, so use common sense if swimming. Everything's open from Memorial Day to Labor Day with lifeguards on duty from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
  

• The Festival of the Sea - One of Point Pleasant Beach’s top events. Held Downtown in September as an end of summer gathering. Local restaurants and vendors provide the large crowds with delicacies such as crab cakes, shrimp skewers, paella, soups and bisques, lobster, and other seafood items.
  

• The Point Pleasant Beach Jazz and Blues Fest - This annual event held in May attracts national, regional and local Jazz & Blues artists.
  

• Fishing - Here you can find the opportunity to catch some big tuna, bluefish and fluke. For those who just want to kick back, tours offer the use of all their equipment, leaving you with nothing to worry about. Party and charter boats go offshore from the Broadway Basin or Ken's Landing.
  

• Kayaking - In summer, at Point Pleasant Beach, the north end is a kayak zone with nice 3- to 6-foot curlers at high tide when winds are from the east. During the off season, on the north side of the Manasquan Inlet, Manasquan Beach has an off-shore break that's great after the crowds leave for the season.

Places to Eat

Jack Baker's Wharfside - Serves locally caught seafood with a river front view.
Fare: Seafood, Price: Moderate, Rating: 2.0 stars
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Daniel's Bistro - One of the better fine dining restaurants in the Point Pleasant area.
Fare: New American, Price: Expensive, Rating: 3.0 stars
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Places to Stay

Gates at the Inlet
5 Ocean Avenue
Point Pleasant, NJ
Conviently located near the beach area and within walking distance to Jenkinson's Pavilion attractions. The offer multiple bedroom apartments.

The Tower Cottage
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Located in this popular Jersey shore beachfront community, this restored Queen Anne Victorian inn is situated away from the hustle and bustle of Point Pleasnt in a quiet area just two blocks from the beach. Each room has a romantic, marble framed gas fireplace, Luxurious MicroFiber Robes, High Definition flat screen TVs with DVD player, iPod docking station, hair dryer, iron, alarm/clock radio and luxury toiletries.