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All of the trail destinations and welcome centers are operated by other organizations that maintain a variety of public hours. Specific information is available by contacting the trail headquarters, welcome centers, and individual destinations.
Nearest airports serving the NJ Coastal Heritage Trail include: Philadelphia International, Newark International, and the Atlantic City Regional.
Trail welcome centers are located at Fort Mott State Park (off State Route 49 between Salem and Pennsville in Salem County near the Delaware Memorial Bridge) and at the Ocean View Tourist Information Center (Milepost 18.3 on the Garden State Parkway in Cape May County north of Cape May).
NJ Transit - bus and rail service at telephone:
Northern NJ - 800.772.2222 Out of state - 800.762.5100
Southern NJ - 800.582.5946 Out of state - 800.569.3752
The Coastal Heritage Trail is designed primarily as a vehicular tourism route in which interpretive themes link destinations throughout the trail area. Availability of public transportation varies to and/or from destination to destination.
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.