TWO MILE BEACH UNIT NEWS

Take a souvenir photo under the recently erected Lower Jaw Bones of the 56 foot Finback Whale that beached here in 2003!

Visitors Center/Nature Store is open 9am to 3pm everyday except closed on Tuesdays

EVERY Saturday, 9:00
FAMILY-FRIENDLY NATURE WALKS
Enjoy easy, family-friendly walks every Saturday led by one of our knowledgeable volunteers. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair of ours. Please remember water, hats, sunscreen and insect repellant. Meet at the Visitor Center parking lot for this free activity.

EVERY day the Visitor Center is open BIKE & HIKE
Ride your bike to the Refuge before 12 noon, complete a scavenger hunt on 2 trails, then return to the Visitor Center for a complimentary goodie bag. This is a family-friendly, free activity. Please register at the Visitor Center for supplies before hitting the trails.

New Program: BUTTERFLY COUNT
Spot butterfly species at the expanded Pollinator Garden. Lists of butterflies and photos will be provided. Stop at the Visitor Center between 9-3 every day except Tuesdays to check off the butterflies you identified and view our beautiful laminated photos of common butterflies on the Two Mile Beach Unit.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER

NJ Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest Winners On display in Visitor Center

Saturday Sept 19 - Star Gazing w/ Kevin 8-9pm All ages
(Rain date- Sept 20)

ANNUAL TMBU CLEANUP
Saturday, October 3 - 12-3pm
Rain or shine
The Two Mile Beach Unit reopens to the public on October 1st now that our nesting, resting, roosting summer migrators have fledged. 
Volunteers & their families of the Friends of CMNWR will collaborate with our Beach Cleanup neighbors of LOVE BLUE, INC to get rid of any accumulated summer trash.
Meet in the parking lot of the TMBU visitors center located at 12001 Pacific Ave in Wildwood Crest.
Supplies provided or bring your own. (gloves, pickers,  buckets)
Aside from the plastic spit out by the ocean we’ll once again publish the most unusual piece(s) of trash gathered! 
Families & Groups welcome!

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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