Living Church of God
Feast of Tabernacles 2001
Ocean City offers a
variety of accommodations. Helpful visitor and accommodation brochures may be obtained
from the toll free number or web site above.
160 Restaurants, 9500 Hotel Rooms, 25000 Condo Units, B&B's etc.
Ocean City is a long and narrow
island. Coastal Highway is the main road
running north and south through the island and becomes Philadelphia Avenue on the southern
end. It is intersected by numbered streets
from 1st St. (in the south) to 146th
St. (in the north). Most of the
accommodations are along or just off Coastal Highway.
Other helpful web sites:
www.ocean-city.com;
www.oceancity.md;
www.mdisfun.org ;
www.vgnet.com.
Phone: (540) 786-8015
Email: kfrank@cogl.org
Lodging: http://www.ocean-city.com/hotelsearch/index.html
.
Attached to the site is a Visitors Information Center
providing dozens of free travel brochures for the area. There are 1,100 free parking
spaces and the city transit bus stops in front. This local service bus stops every other
block along Coastal Highway. In autumn it runs every half hour at the cost of only $1 for
anywhere in the city all day, seven days a week. Seniors travel at half-fare. There is
also a pick-up service for those unable to drive.
Ocean City has more than 160 restaurants offering every type
of cuisine in settings from outdoor cafes to elegant dining rooms. There are 9,500 hotel
and motel rooms and 25,000 condominium units besides apartments, beach houeses, bed and
breakfasts, efficiencies and campsites. Some offer weekly rates.
Nearby attractions include: Assateague Island State Park,
where wild ponies roam, and may be visited by cruise ships from Ocean City; ocean fishing
(Ocean City is known as the White Marlin Capital of the world), ocean cruises to watch
whales, dolphins and birds. Water sports include: jet-skiing, water-skiing, paddle boats,
parasailing, wind surfing and sailing, kayaking, canoeing, wave surfing, kite flying and
go-karts. There also are historic sites, museums, miniature golf, 17 championship golf
courses, Salisbury Zoological Park, Ocean City Jamboree stage shows, several public parks,
nature-trails, bird-watching, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, a skate
park, an indoor hotel ice-skating ring, Frontier Town and Wild West Show, bike rentals and
much more.