RV travel guide
Cape May County
County seat Cape May Court House, 256 sq mi across New Jersey. Everything an RV traveler should read before rolling in — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that actually matters.
The county in brief
A traveler's read on Cape May County
Cape May is the oldest seaside resort in the United States — operating continuously since the 1761 founding of Stites Beach, predating Newport RI by 40 years and the Hamptons by a century. The city's Victorian-architecture district holds 600+ preserved 19th-century houses (more than any other US city) and is a National Historic Landmark District.
Cape May County wraps the entire southernmost point of New Jersey (Cape May Point, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic), the Wildwood boardwalk (5 miles, the longest free public boardwalk in the US), and Stone Harbor. The Cape May-Lewes Ferry crosses Delaware Bay to Lewes DE and accepts RVs up to 35 ft on advance reservation.
RV travel intelligence
Read the land before you roll in
The three things that shape an RV trip here — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that trips travelers up.
Dispersed camping
low
Low — mostly private or developed-only
Scenic drives & state byways
Garden State Parkway south · Sunset Boulevard Cape May Point
Ordinance note for RV travelers
Cape May Point SP enforces 14-day max stay; Cape May city prohibits overnight RV street parking citywide; Wildwood town enforces seasonal RV permits.
Sourced & cited
Every fact traces to an official source
Population and land area from the US Census; ordinances and park adjacency from county.gov, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service.
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Nearby & related
Keep planning New Jersey
Sourced costs, campground directories, and the places worth a detour — the next layer of New Jersey trip planning.
New Jersey rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- State rental tax
- 7% · not collected by PickRV
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — disclosure required
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-07:00
Your next step
Seeing Cape May County from a rig
Camping here runs mostly to developed sites and private land, so hookups and a reservation matter more than boondocking range.
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