Bayshore Heritage Byway
Bayshore Heritage Byway is a National Scenic Byway in New Jersey. Within New Jersey it covers roughly 110 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Bayshore Heritage Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Bayshore Heritage Byway runs about 122 miles along New Jersey's Delaware Bay shore, from Mannington Township near the Delaware state line south to Cape May at the state's southern tip. Connecting spurs to parks, beaches, and lighthouses stretch the total to 142 miles. A National Scenic Byway, the route skims the shoreline before dipping inland across rivers, tributaries, and farmland, linking historic districts in 11 communities including Salem City, Bridgeton, Greenwich, Cold Spring, and Cape May itself. The Delaware Bay hosts the largest population of spawning horseshoe crabs anywhere in the world each spring, drawing migratory shorebirds by the tens of thousands to the marshes and dunes along the route. Fort Mott State Park and the East Point Lighthouse anchor two of the byway's best-known stops, and the region's deep maritime heritage still shapes the seafood-forward dining found in towns along the way.
- 122 miles, Mannington Township to Cape May
- National Scenic Byway
- World's largest spawning horseshoe crab population
- 11 historic districts, incl. Salem City & Cape May
- Fort Mott State Park
- East Point Lighthouse
Designated for its natural qualities
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Places to stop along Bayshore Heritage Byway
Cohanzick Zoo
New Jersey's first zoo, free to visit, inside Bridgeton's 1,100-acre city park.
Cumberland County Prehistorical Museum
A Greenwich museum of fossils and Native American tools and pottery found in the area.
East Point Lighthouse
An 1849 brick lighthouse at the mouth of the Maurice River on Delaware Bay, open for climbs on some weekends.
Where to Stay along Bayshore Heritage Byway
7 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Bayshore Heritage Byway.
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.