Halfway point between New York and Atlantic City

On the Garden State Parkway drive, the natural place to split the trip is Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. It is about 58 miles from New York, NY and 72 miles from Atlantic City, NJ.

Whole drive: About 130 miles, 2.5 h
To Point Pleasant Beach: About 1 h from New York
Highway: Garden State Parkway

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Why Point Pleasant Beach

It sits right on Garden State Parkway near the middle of the drive, so neither day is much longer than the other, and it has plenty of hotels by the exits. Meeting someone coming the other way? It also works as a fair meetup spot.

Along the way

Asbury Park boardwalk
Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant
Atlantic City boardwalk

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