Visitors Center Fall hours: 9AM to 3PM Saturdays & Sundays (Binocular loans available)
Refuge TRAILS are open DAWN to DUSK EVERY DAY of the year for your exploration.
The 9AM Saturday Family Nature Walks will continue through September. 
Coming up.... Saturday evening on September 20th: Our friend & local astronomer, KEVIN BEARE (@Capemayastro) will once again generously give his time to dazzle us with the secrets of the night skies from the parking lot of the Two Mile Beach Unit. (This event is family friendly & free of charge, as always!)

Please check out the excellent article highlighting the Refuge in “Cape May Magazine” Summer edition, written by Linda Scott!

The Great Cedar  Swamp Division is at the northern end of the refuge in Dennis and Upper Townships.  Habitats such as salt marsh, hardwood swamp, bog, grasslands and large tracts of forested uplands are used by wildlife such as blue-winged warblers, ovenbirds, and short-eared owls. The refuge connects with a state forest and the Pineland National Reserve. 

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The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is located within the Cape May peninsula, the southernmost point in the state of New Jersey.  Because of its unique geography, the peninsula offers stunning views of sunrise to the east over the water of the Atlantic Ocean, and of sunset to the west over the water of the Delaware Bay.  The Refuge currently protects over 11,000 acres of peninsula habitat in its 3 refuge units: the Great Cedar Swamp Division, the Delaware Bay Division and the Two-Mile Beach Unit. These 3 units represent unique, diverse habitats: forested hardwood swamp, river estuary and ocean barrier island.   VIEW MAP