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Fish in our
back bays or on the ocean. Take a day trip with charter
captains. Avid anglers can enjoy fishing for over 40 varieties
of fish in our waters...sea bass, blue fish, black drum, weakfish,
marlin...clams, oysters, mussels and crabs. If it's water
sports you like, you can rent a kayak, go eco-touring on the back
bays and through the wetlands, enjoy waverunner rentals, or take a
parasail ride. Sunfish sail boats, sunkats, wake-boarding and
water skiing are all available. Sailing provides an
opportunity to meet your neighbors in both Avalon & Stone Harbor's
yacht clubs, with lots of social activities and lessons for children
and adults alike. Every summer enjoy the Catamaran races in
Avalon. Take a whale watching cruise in neighboring Cape May.
Cape May County is rapidly
becoming a golf paradise. Accessible in minutes from Avalon
and Stone Harbor are the mainland golf clubs: Sand Barrens,
Avalon Golf Club, Stone Harbor Golf Club, Wildwood Golf Club and
Cape May National. The clubs provide visiting and area golfers
challenging courses, formal and informal restaurants, and a place to
relax.
Vacations are great times to take the family on a little expedition
and create family memories. Cape May County provides a
wonderful zoo in Cape May Court House, a historical museum, and
Leaming's Run Garden and Colonial Farm in Court House. Cold
Spring Village on Route 9, Lower Township, reveals a view of earlier
days in the county and continual weekend entertainment.
The Wildwood boardwalk offers rides to thrill children, and the
Wetlands Institute features educational programs about the nature of
the saltmarsh. Cape May provides and experience in Victorian
architecture, tours, and special events.
The beautiful
new Performing Arts Center in Middle Township is a stone's throw
from Avalon & Stone Harbor. Area groups like Access to Art,
Inc., the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the equity theaters
in both Cape May and Somers Point provide continual cultural events
during all four seasons at the shore including music festivals,
jazz, live theater, ballets, classical music, photography and art
exhibits.
Cape May County is the
10th most important birding location in the world, and we are
located on a flyway where migrating birds travel from North America
to South America. The horseshoe crab, whose eggs feed the
birds, spawns on the Delaware Bay, and birders come from all over
the world to watch the Fall hawk migrations, and Spring bird
arrivals. Over 250 species of raptors migrate here each year
and songbirds and seabirds come for the abounding vegetation of our
wetlands. Call the Cape May Bird Observatory, or the Audubon
Society or Wetlands Institute for information.
Avalon
and Stone Harbor are home to restaurants of many
persuasions...everything from casual to elegant dining is readily
available here. Or visit the glittering shows and casinos of
New Jersey's gaming capital, Atlantic City, or the quiet streets of
Cape May where fine cuisine is the norm...visit the trendy and
formal restaurants in old elegant homes, or friendly taverns in Cape
May Court House.
Shop the chic boutiques
and small specialty shops of Stone Harbor and Avalon, or visit the
Hamilton Mall for major department stores only 45 minutes away.
Sports: Sport camps are available for baseball, lacrosse, soccer,
field hockey, basketball and wrestling at the Community Hall,
Avalon. Tennis is available at 12th, 80th and 96th streets.
Swimming is available throughout 7-Mile Island with protected
beaches and designated surfing beaches for surfers. Call the
Avalon Community Center for youth activities, gym hours, swimming
lessons or special events at (609) 967-3066.
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