Sunflower Island

Sunflower Island: 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 river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Sunflower Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

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 Sunflower Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.39434, -74.41183. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunflower Island

• Brigantine Lighthouse · beach · Atlantic · ~2 km · Must-see
• Absecon Lighthouse · beach · Atlantic · ~4 km · Must-see
• Steel Pier · park · Atlantic · ~5 km · Must-see
• Atlantic City Boardwalk · trek · Atlantic · ~6 km · Must-see
• Chicken Bone Beach · beach · Atlantic · ~6 km · Must-see
• Lucy the Elephant · fort · Atlantic · ~15 km · Must-see
• Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve · sanctuary · Atlantic · ~20 km · Must-see
• Field Loop (Yellow-dot) Trail · trek · Burlington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Beach Haven Historic District · beach · Ocean · ~30 km · Must-see
• Pinelands National Reserve · sanctuary · Burlington · ~35 km · Must-see
• Corson's Inlet State Park · sanctuary · Cape May · ~36 km · Must-see
• Long Beach Island · beach · Ocean · ~40 km · Must-see
• Makepeace Lake · lake · Atlantic · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bass River State Forest · sanctuary · Burlington · ~42 km · Must-see
• Whale Beach;Ludlam Beach · beach · Cape May · ~44 km · Must-see
• Calvary Baptist Church · church · Cape May · ~47 km · Must-see
• Penn State Forest · sanctuary · Burlington · ~49 km · Must-see
• Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Ocean · ~51 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunflower Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Sunflower Island

• Reedy Island · river spot · New Castle · ~125 km · Must-see
• Boot Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~1 km
• Brigantine Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~5 km
• Great Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~8 km
• Absecon Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~10 km
• Elder Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~11 km
• Alex Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~12 km
• Jonas Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~13 km
• Egg Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~13 km
• Winkle Island · river spot · Atlantic · ~13 km

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