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Unincorporated community
Thomas Beesley Sr. House
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cape May
Township	Upper
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
Area codes	609, 640
GNIS feature ID	874641

Beesley's Point is an unincorporated community in Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Beesley's Point is on Peck Bay across from Ocean City. Beesley's Point is home to the Beesley's Point Generating Station and one end of the now-closed Beesley's Point Bridge.

A post office was established in 1851, with Joseph Chatten as the first postmaster.

Education

As with other parts of Upper Township, the area is zoned to Upper Township School District (for grades K-8) and Ocean City School District (for high school). The latter operates Ocean City High School.

Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School and Cape May County Special Services School District.

Previously it had its own school.