Barnegat Bay

A mainland township along Barnegat Bay known for suburban neighborhoods, marinas, parks, and access to the southern Ocean County shore region.

Bay Head is the quiet, old-money end of the northern Shore, a small residential borough where the appeal is what it doesn't have.

Beachwood is a small residential borough in Ocean County, set along the Toms River where it widens toward Barnegat Bay.

A large Ocean County township stretching from inland Pine Barrens areas to barrier-island communities near Seaside Park and South Seaside Park.

A protected barrier-island landscape south of Seaside Park, known for undeveloped beaches, dunes, surf fishing, birding, and bay-side access.

Island Heights is a Victorian borough on the north bank of the Toms River, near where it meets Barnegat Bay.

Lacey Township is a large, mainland township on the western shore of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, made up mainly of the communities of Forked River and Lanoka Harbor.

Lavallette is the quiet borough between the Shore's louder towns: a small, walkable beach community on the Barnegat Peninsula, surrounded by Toms River's sections and a short drive north of Seaside Heights.

Mantoloking is a small, intensely private barrier-island borough on the Barnegat Peninsula, sitting between Bay Head and the Brick Township beaches with the ocean on one side and Barnegat Bay on the other.

A small borough on the Toms River known for its waterfront boardwalk, beach area, parks, and quiet residential atmosphere.

Ortley Beach is Toms River's beach: a small, residential, rental-heavy strip of the barrier island between Seaside Heights and Lavallette.

A quiet residential borough along the Toms River known for waterfront homes, parks, and tree-lined neighborhoods.

A riverfront and bayfront borough neighboring Point Pleasant Beach and Brielle.

Point Pleasant Beach is the quintessential family-friendly anchor of the northern Jersey Shore, home to Jenkinson's, the family name now synonymous with the town's boardwalk empire.

Seaside Heights is the Shore's loud, neon boardwalk town, the one most outsiders picture when they think Jersey Shore.

If you find yourself in Seaside Heights, you're probably looking to do one of a couple of things, depending on whether you have kids in tow or not.

Toms River is the seat of Ocean County and one of the largest, most sprawling townships on the Shore, set on the mainland where the river meets Barnegat Bay.