Brigantine NJ – South Jersey’s Best Kept Secret
Brigantine NJ – South Jersey’s best kept secret – a beautiful, pristine island hideaway for homeowners and families seeking a safe, peaceful haven. Brigantine NJ offers fabulous beaches, open bay & lagoon perfect for boating, diverse watersports, superb fishing, outstanding recreational facilities and an 18-hole Scottish Links golf course. This beautiful beach-laden island is an ideal second vacation home retreat just 10 minutes north of Atlantic City’s casino excitement. The City of Brigantine NJ is in Atlantic County. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city’s population was 9,450.
Brigantine NJ is the Atlantic seacoast paradise where bathers enjoy the wide, gently sloping, white sandy beaches, free from the noise and congestion of the boardwalk traffic. Residents revel in sport fishing, water skiing, windsurfing, clam digging, and treasure hunting. Enveloping the coastal New Jersey’s largest wildlife refuge, Brigantine’s reverence for nature can be found everywhere around the island.
For non-water sport enthusiasts, there are tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields and well-equipped recreation centers. Beach volleyball is also a favorite past time and courts can be found on the beach. The public is invited to join our various seasonal leagues and special tournament play. For those who prefer to exercise in a more leisurely fashion, the island is the ideal place for safe walking or scenic bike riding. And golf? With 18 holes of natural wonders, Brigantine NJ is the only barrier island in the State of New Jersey to offer its residents and their guests such an awe-inspiring and challenging pleasure.
The rich heritage of Brigantine NJ began in the 1500’s when the Lenape Indians called our island their “summer playground” or “Watamoonica”. The Boot Island community of Brigantine NJ, which includes Brigantine Beach, was named for a ship wrecked off the Southern New Jersey coast around 1710. In fact, the Brigantine shoals, from two to three miles off the beach, were feared by every ship captain who sailed the Atlantic coast in the days of canvas. Well over 300 vessels of all types have been wrecked on the shoals since the early 1700’s. It is recorded that during the decade from 1846-1856, sixty-four vessels were wrecked within a radius of 10 miles of Brigantine.e NJ
During those earlier times, whalers used Brigantine NJ to launch attacks on migrating whales from New England. Today, Brigantine’s Marine Mammal Stranding Center assists sick and injured Whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles. The Brigantine Wildlife Refuge, at the island’s northern tip, is a state protected haven for birds, rabbits, and foxes.
We invite you to come & visit us to experience why Brigantine is New Jersey‘s Best Kept Secret!
