Cape May attracts visitors year round.
The off season is very popular
with many theme weekends and in the fall, the water is still warm enough for beach activities.
It is not the type of resort that you visit just once.
There is a charm and special warmth about the town that pulls you back again and again.
It's charm lies in it's tree-lined, gas lamp streets, it's quaint shops, authentic Victorian homes and Bed and Breakfasts. One of it's claims is that it possesses the largest collection of authentic Victorian homes in the nation.
Cape May is the oldest seaside resort town in the United States, located below the Mason-Dixon line at the southern most point of NJ.
You can park your car and bike or walk around town. In fact, If you're coming to Cape May for the first time, make a stop at the Welcome Area of the Transportation Center (where the buses go) off Lafayette Street across from the Acme shopping center and pick up a guide map on a "Car Free/Care Free" vacation.
Cape May is also the home of one of the largest commercial fishing ports in the United States, and as a result you will find a good variety of seafood restaurants that serve up locally caught fresh sea food.
If relaxing on the beach is not your thing, there are plenty of other activities that can occupy your day time leisure hours.
At the southern end of the Jersey shore, Cape May beaches are known for their wide, fine, powdery sand, and are considered to be amongst the best beaches on the Atlantic coast.
Located on the southernmost tip of New Jersey, climb to the top and take in fantastic views of the Atlantic ocean, the town of Cape May, Delaware Bay, and Cape May Point State Park. Visit the on site Nautical Museum.
The Cape May pedestrian village mall is several blocks from the beach and steps away from charming B & B's. Visitors are attracted to the quaint shops, restaurants, art galleries, souvenir stores, and more. Many are open year round.
The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is one of the largest in the National Wildlife system. It was established to protect migratory birds along New Jersey's coastline.
Take in a Whale and Dolphin watching boat trip. For a more casual experience, there is picnicking, and beach walking at sunrise or sunset, where you are apt to see schools of dolphins swimming by.
Every trip to Cape May must include a visit to Sunset Beach --- for it's spectacular sunsets, the Flag lowering ceremony at sunset, the site of the S. S. Atlantus World War l concrete ship, and the World War - ll "Concrete Tower"
Other popular things to do and attractions in Cape May include: