The Jersey coast is a popular place in the summer. It is cold to visitors, swims and provides a place to just relax back. Along the barrier island known as the Barnegat peninsula, you can see a step in the holiday Nirvana. On the east side of the island there is a beautiful sandy beach and the Atlantic Ocean, and the west borders the Barnegat Bay in the west. This identity is the only thing that remains the same as you move from one end of the peninsula to the other. Each of the numerous municipalities found along the way has its own personality. Look at some of these communities and check what you are offering.
The northernmost community is just south of the Manasuka River, and there are two towns, Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach. The latter is a typical Jersey coast, but there are family feelings and its own commercial walkway. Here is a small commercial fishery, there are seafood cooperatives and many nice small restaurants. There are also hotels, motels, all the rest of the peninsula, life-guard protected beach. To support the life guard on the beach you need to purchase a beach badge. There is a daily, weekly, seasonal fee. Point Pleasant is located just west of Point Pleasant Beach, settled more than summer vacation destination. There is an old downtown area (there are many antique shops) and other very business districts.
Moving south, the next community is Mantoloking. Here we have a connection to the mainland via a bridge across the bay. Mantoloking is a good old age. Along many families, especially the beach, it is very big and very expensive. There are few commercial activities in town, there are no boardwalks and there are few accommodation facilities available to people who do not own property here, so tourism here is not so important.
To the south is Normandy Beach, Chadwich Beach, and Dover Beaches South. The appearance and feel of the house here are in stark contrast to what is just north of Mantoloking. Several areas of these communities consist of a small bungalow row accessed by a thin sand lane. Along the bay there are many more luxurious houses, many of which have access to Barnegat Bay and docks just outside the back door of each property.
When you move along, you will find Lavallette and Ortley Beach next. These towns are well distinguished, but overall they are much more similar than the other towns mentioned. Here little was a small beach bungalow, but over the years most of these have been replaced by big homes. There are also several hotels and motels, condominiums, plenty of rental housing. There are also commercial areas along Route 35 and other amenities.
Seaside Heights is the next stop, this is the busiest and wild state among them. It has two amusement piers and lots of arcades, games, places to eat, and a big commercial walk with a bar. The summer weekend at the seaside is similar to the Spring break in Florida. Many teenagers. A wild party. And the lively beach of the day.
Next is Seaside Park. This is somewhere between Mantoloking and Lavallette / Ortley Beach. There are older houses and big houses that are superior to small commercial areas with commercialized seaside heights, shops, shops and food, struggle, family oriented things.
Finally, the last 10 millimeters of the Bannegat peninsula is another kind of wild. Island Beach State Park is an undeveloped barrier island. Very unusual for NJ, it is clearly opposite to the rest of the paved peninsula. You can even find wild foxes that live in sand dunes and marine forests in the park.
As you can see, there are plenty of places to visit in the coastal barrier island of about 20 miles. In some ways you are on the beach, but if you want to leave the beach during the summer vacation at Barnegat Peninsula, it is hard to stay where.
