141 Miles Profile
May 21, 2025
If you turn onto North Jersey Avenue in North Wildwood and you see a set of large dinosaurs, you're looking at Jurassic Adventure Golf, a popular miniature golf course since the 80s that is in its seventh season of new ownership.
A Philadelphia police officer for over 40 years, Jim Dietz started looking for the right opportunity to keep him busy after his eventual retirement. And naturally his attention turned to Wildwood, a place he and his family had been visiting for decades.
Jurassic Adventure Golf had been in disrepair for two years, the perfect fixer upper. He quickly took over a vacant storefront on the corner and turned that into Jurassic Swirl, an ice cream parlor.
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“Our first goal was to get it up and operational. Each year, we try to change things up or add something to it to keep making it a bit more attractive,” Dietz says. “So when people come down, there’s something new that makes them want to come back.”
What are the biggest challenges? “Didn’t realize how difficult it could be to sell ice cream,” Dietz says. “It’s a lot more too than scooping ice cream.”
