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2023 Map of Wildwood

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Wildwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Wildwood and its neighboring beach communities occupy a slender barrier island complex, defined by a dense grid of streets and a coastline shaped by the Atlantic. The island's geography is deeply intertwined with the Intracoastal Waterway, which separates the developed shores of Wildwood Crest and North Wildwood from the intricate network of salt marshes and channels to the west. Features like Taylor Sound and Jarvis Sound dominate the western landscape, while the developed eastern edge fronts onto Mile Beach and Five Mile Beach.

Transport and access are centralized along major thoroughfares such as W Rio Grande Ave and N Wildwood Blvd, which connect the mainland to settlements like Shawcrest and West Wildwood. The southern tip terminates at the Cape May Inlet, a critical navigational point. The presence of Turtle Gut Shoals offshore and the various "thorofares" like Reubens Thorofare underscore the area's maritime reliance and the shifting nature of this coastal environment.