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2016 Map of Wildwood

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Wildwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Five Mile Beach and the surrounding barrier islands define the landscape of this Cape May County coast, where the urban grid of Wildwood and North Wildwood meets the Atlantic. The intricate network of tidal channels and salt marshes behind the beaches, including Richardson Channel and Taylor Sound, illustrates the complex geography of the Jersey Shore. This 2016 survey captures the high density of the coastal settlements from West Wildwood down through Wildwood Crest and Diamond Beach.

Inland from the oceanfront, the map details the transition from residential developments to the marshy meadows of Hildreth Meadow and Mud Island. The Intracoastal Waterway winds through a series of namesake thorofares like Jarvis Sound Thorofare and Shell Thorofare, highlighting the importance of maritime navigation in this region. Landmarks such as the Shell Pile and the Shaw Cutoff provide specific points of interest for researchers studying the local topography and the layout of the coastal thorofares leading toward Cape May Inlet.