Two Mile Beach Unit

TMBU was transferred to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1999. As part of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, the 507-acre site is managed to protect one of the last remaining tracts of undeveloped maritime forest and beach in New Jersey .

The hiking trail and boardwalk area are open throughout the year. The 0.7-mile-long beach portion of TMBU is closed April 1 to September 30 each year. The purpose of the closure is to provide an undisturbed area for birds that require beach habitat to survive. This includes birds that nest, feed, roost or migrate through the area, such as the Federally threatened piping plover , the State endangered least tern, American oystercatcher, black skimmer, red knot, dunlin, and many other shorebird species.

Between October 1 and March 31 activities such as wildlife observation, photography, nature study, and surf fishing are permitted on the beach portion of TMBU. The following activities are PROHIBITED at all times on any portion of the Two Mile Beach Unit: swimming, sunbathing, surfing, pets, picnicking, kite flying, shell collecting or entering closed areas.