Travel experts at a major website have ranked the top beaches in New Jersey. Let's see if you agree.

The Best Beaches In New Jersey

It's hard to determine a ranking for different beaches in New Jersey. Visitors are looking for so many other things.

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If you are a family, you want the rides and boardwalk, plus an amazing beach. If you are a couple looking for a romantic time, you're looking for just the opposite.

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If you're looking for amazing clubs and nightlife, your beach may be in a different town entirely.

Experts Reveal The Top 5 Beaches At The Jersey Shore

Your choice of best beach is very personal, so we give credit to the folks at U.S. News & World Report for tackling the difficult task of putting that all together and coming up with a list of the best beaches in New Jersey.

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Their list is extensive, spanning 14 beaches, but we decided to focus on the top 5, and it's a solid one.

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Their list leans strongly to the quieter, more family-oriented beaches at the Jersey Shore, so if that's what you like, you're going to love this Top 5.

Here are the Top 5 beaches from their list of 14. It makes a great bucket list for this summer at the Jersey Shore.

The Top 5 Beaches In New Jersey

#5 Long Branch.

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#4 Point Pleasant Beach

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#3 Manasquan

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#2 Cape May

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Photo by Tommy Kwak on Unsplash
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#1 Stone Harbor

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Photo by David Di Veroli on Unsplash
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