Brigantine, NJ Local Area Information

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This private, non-profit organization rescues and rehabilitates stranded whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles that wash ashore on New Jersey beaches. Visitors can explore the Sea Life Educational Center and gift shop and occasionally view fish in the Observation Tank. read more about Marine Mammal Stranding Center (read more)

One of Atlantic City's "off-the-Boardwalk" treasures, historic Gardner's Basin, once an active haven for rumrunners, is nestled on a protected channel in Atlantic City's back bays. Today the Basin is home to deep-sea and back bay fishing charters and sightseeing cruises, restaurants that dish up seafood and serve ale house brews, and the family-oriented, interactive Atlantic City Aquarium. The Bas... (read more)

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Learn about the history of this one-of-a-kind resort in a museum that is free to the public. On display you'll find photographs, postcards, costumes and artifacts that evoke Atlantic City's heyday. Discover things you never knew in the museum's permanent exhibit, "Atlantic City, Playground of the Nation", and learn all about that timeless of American institutions, the Miss America Pageant. The mus... (read more)

Walking distance from Showboat Casino, Absecon Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey and the third tallest in the United States, towers 171 feet over the north end of Absecon Island.  Built in 1857, it's the oldest lighthouse in the country.  Visitors can explore the museum and gift shop or brave its 228 knee-trembling steps to the top for some truly fabulous views of the Atla... (read more)