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Stone Harbor is an upscale vacation resort town on an island off the coast of southern New Jersey where most homes sell for more than $1 million. This island resort offers pristine surfing and nonsurfing, sandy, award winning beaches. There are quaint and tempting shops, cinema, fine dining, tennis and basketball courts, miniature golf, children's playground, great "birder" sites at bird sanctuary-wetlands and The Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor. You can find all kinds of water activities in Stone Harbor such as : Sunbathing, swimming, boating, fishing, surfing, kayaking, sailing, jet and waterskiing. There is lot's of "off island" entertainment as well including: Atlantic City Casinos and shows, amusement rides on the boardwalk at Wildwood and Ocean City, golfing, a zoo, antique shops at Cape May, a site seeing train, whale watching, an aviation museum and many other interesting sites activities and adventures.

There are state of the art fire department and rescue squads, police department on the Stone Harbor island with a hospital three miles away. There are at least two walk in doctors offices on Stone Harbor island as well..

Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals Location: Stone Harbor , New Jersey, USA is on an island off the coast of New Jersey connected by an automobile causeway to the mainland (10 miles from The Cape May Antique Shops, 25 miles South of The Atlantic City Casinos). It is 75 miles from Philadelphia, 140 miles from Baltimore, 150 miles from New York, and 140 miles from Washington DC, if you take The Cape May - Lewes Ferry.

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~ Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals 8915 Second Avenue ~ Front Unit
~ Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals 8915 Second Avenue ~ Rear Unit
~ Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals 9901 2nd Avenue ~
~ Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals 209 109th Street ~ 1st Floor Unit
~ Stone Harbor Vacation Rentals 209 109th Street ~ 2nd Floor Unit

 


More about Stone Harbor-where holiday magical memories are created

 Two of our beautiful properties are located on 2nd Ave (8915-2nd Ave and 9901-2nd Ave) and the other is only one house off 2nd Ave (209-109th St). All 3 properties are only 1 1/2 blocks to the beautiful, white, sandy beach where lifeguards in the summer are on duty 10am to 5 pm. During the summer, Stone Harbor's beautiful beach is open to the public but swimming is permitted only when lifeguards are on duty. Beach tags are required and the use of rafts, surfboards, and catamarans are permitted only at designated locations along the beach. Also, all 3 of our properties are a short stroll to the trendy and upscale restaurants, jewelry stores, art galleries, movie theater, ice cream parlors and other enticing shops in Stone Harbor's famous shopping District.

You can walk to most things in Stone Harbor since the island is 7 miles long and only 4 blocks wide on 2,723 acres. While the entire island was purchased for only $380 dollars in 1722, today, Stone Harbor is a very upscale summer resort with real estate alone in Stone Harbor valued over $2 billion! Real estate owners in Stone Harbor are from 37 states in the US and from at least 4 foreign countries as well. In the offseason, Stone Harbor's population is around 1,000 people who are joined by over 25,000 vacationers during the summer. Many of the Stone Harbor vacationers have been creating summer holiday memories here for generations!

Boardered on the west by the Intercoastal Waterway (which extends up and down the east coast of the US) and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and connected to the mainland by an automobile causeway, Stone Harbor offers water sport activities of every kind, from fishing to jet skiing. Luxury pleasure boats, chartered fishing vessals and ocean excursion boats are ready to launch you on an unforgetable summer vacation!

Daily you will see vacationers riding bikes, roller blading and jogging up and down 2nd Avenue. After a day at the beach, a round of golf or a deep sea fishing excursion, live relaxing entertainment and new friends can always be found in the evenings in Stone Harbor with folk or jazz music at Coffee Talk (299-97th St), live bands at Fred's Tavern (96th St at 3rd Ave) or karaoke fun at Henneys (9628 3rd Ave). If you feel the need for more excitement, a short car ride nearby you will find live bands, roller coasters and other adventurous rides on the Boardwalk at Wildwood, an antique shoppers paradise in victorian Cape May, and the bright lights of Atlantic City offer unforgetable live shows by top of the line entertainers and casinos.

There are 13 fantastic golf courses, while not on the island, just a short 60 minute or less drive from Stone Harbor. So, be sure to bring your golf clubs and your swimming suit!

Bird watchers come to Stone Harbor from all over the world to see the thousands of species of birds that migrate through this area and to visit the Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary, the Wetlands Institute and Museum (a registered Historic Landmark) and over 6,000 acres of natural wetland wonders and rare bird sightings. Each year bird watching events and nature related activities draw thousands of vacationers to Stone Harbor.

Playgrounds for children are scattered all over the island and Stone Harbor runs supervised recreational activities including basketball, soccer, baseball and teen dances.

Famous Stone Harbor special events include The Boat Show and Seafood Festival, the 5k RUN and 2 Mile Fun Walk in May, the Independence Day Celebration on July 4th, The Stone Harbor Annual Arts and Crafts Show and the Merchant's Day Sidewalk Sale in August, the Art and Music Festival in September and October, and the famous Christmas in Stone Harbor in November.

In Stone Harbor are 4 churches- a Roman Catholic (99th St at 3rd Ave), an Episcopal (9425-3rd Ave), a Lutheran (93rd St at 3rd Ave), and a Presbyterian (at 9th St at 1st Ave).

Stone Harbor is truly an upscale summer resort that has it all for everyone!
 
 
 

LINKS TO STONE HARBOR'S FUN AND EXCITEMENT:

Atlantic City Casinos
www.cityatlantic.com

Amusement rides at Wildwood Boardwalk
www.capemaytimes.com/wildwood/boardwalk.htm

Amusement rides at Ocean City Boardwalk
www.ococean.com/boardwal.html

Golf
www.njgolfer.com/capemay.html
www.cmngc.com

Zoo
www.co.cape-may.nj.us

Site seeing train
www.seashorelines.com

Whale watching
www.capemaywhalewatcher.com

Aviation museum
www.capemay4fun.com/museumspage.html

Lewes Ferry
www.capemaylewesferry.com

Carriage ride
www.capemaycarriage.com

Stone Harbor art galleries
www.oceangalleries.com
www.petermcphee.net
www.glassrootsgallery.net
www.dorothycarrol.com

Henny's Restaurant
www.hennys.com

Water sport rentals
www.jerseyseashore.com/islandwatersports/index.html
www.tikayaks.com

Chartered fishing boat
www.missavalon.com
 
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