Ship Bottom is known as the "Gateway to Long Beach Island" because of the causeway that connects the mainland to the borough. The less than 1 square mile shore town gets its name from a 1817 shipwreck ...

COST: $7 daily; $20 weekly; $10 senior badges (65 and older); $30 seasonally prior to May 31 and $40 thereafter; free for children 12 and younger. Badges are required for Ocean and Bay beaches. BEACH ...

Long Beach Island’s borough of Ship Bottom has almost mythical origins. As legend has it — and Ship Bottom’s municipal website — in March 1817, Capt. Stephen Willets and his schooner crew were sailing ...

COST: $7 daily; $20 weekly; $10 senior badges (65 and older); $35 seasonally prior to May 31 and $45 thereafter; free for children 12 and younger. Badges are required for Ocean and Bay beaches. BEACH ...