Cape May National Wildlife Refuge — Attraction in Lower Township

We came here on Memorial Day. The visitor's center was closed. And so we walked to the beach, like we did in 2019, and years past, so we could see the natural beach and all the animals.

The beach was closed because of COVID last year, so we were really looking forward to this visit, and after we walked all the way down the trail, we found that, surprise, the beach was closed.

This was infuriating, because there were no signs indicating this at the start of the sandy trail, and as we walked back to the parking lot, we encountered a ranger who told us the beach had been closed "for the last five years," which was flatly wrong.

I don't know if she was new or lying, but I won't be...

This is a wonderful birding park. You start out in the sand going through marsh lands and there’s a trail that goes around the marshlands or you can go forward to the beach climb over a large dune and you are now on the beach with the ocean. Early in the season, they fence off an area for the oyster catchers which nest there. You walk towards the lighthouse and you can walk all the way down or there’s a trail that goes back up to some lakes where you can see lots of beautiful ducks. So you got marsh land, the ocean, and lakes. A wonderful place to observe birds. there are no restrooms, so make sure that you go to the bathroom before...

Walking the beach at the Cape May National Wildlife refuge center. This is our yearly trip as beach access to this part of the beach closes from April 1st to September 30th every year. However, the trails and center are open starting the beginning of April and have activities during the spring/summer months. Check it out, very educational. However, today we noticed what appeared to be a wounded seagull on the beach in this area. Called and left multiple messages to different departments in the hopes someone can...