Main Trail

Main Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Main Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Main Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.93592, -74.94461. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Trail

• Cape May Lighthouse · beach · Cape May · ~2 km · Must-see
• Cape May Lighthouse · beach · Sussex · ~2 km · Must-see
• SS Atlantus · attraction · Cape May · ~3 km · Must-see
• Cape May Point State Park · sanctuary · Cape May · ~4 km · Must-see
• Cold Spring Presbyterian Church · church · Cape May · ~6 km · Must-see
• Poverty Beach · beach · Cape May · ~7 km · Must-see
• Boardwalk Chapel · church · Cape May · ~15 km · Must-see
• Sea Serpent · temple · Cape May · ~16 km · Must-see
• Rollie's Coaster · temple · Cape May · ~16 km · Must-see
• Morey's Piers · park · Cape May · ~16 km · Must-see
• The Great Noreaster · temple · Cape May · ~17 km · Must-see
• Hereford Inlet Light · fort · Cape May · ~19 km · Must-see
• Brandywine Shoal Light · attraction · Kent · ~20 km · Must-see
• Harbor of Refuge Light · fort · Sussex · ~23 km · Must-see
• Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary · sanctuary · Cape May · ~24 km · Must-see
• Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse · fort · Sussex · ~26 km · Must-see
• Cape May County Park & Zoo · park · Cape May · ~27 km · Must-see
• Cape May National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Cape May · ~28 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Trail

Other treks near Main Trail

• Atlantic City Boardwalk · trek · Atlantic · ~80 km · Must-see
• Field Loop (Yellow-dot) Trail · trek · Burlington · ~109 km · Must-see
• Batona Trail · trek · Burlington · ~124 km · Must-see
• East Trail · trek · Cape May · ~0 km
• Dune Trail · trek · Cape May · ~0 km
• East Trail Spur · trek · Cape May · ~1 km
• Blue Trail · trek · Cape May · ~1 km
• Yellow Trail · trek · Cape May · ~1 km
• Red Trail · trek · Cape May · ~2 km
• North Wildwood Seawall · trek · Cape May · ~20 km

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