The Washington times., 1923-08-25

lily III UuC SUu1uGEs
| road bridge, which spans Barnegat
Bay, are Beach Arlington, Ship Bot.
Crest, Peahala, Beach Haven Ter
race, Spray Beach, North Beach
Haven and time.honored Beach
Sailing at Tuclxerton.
Tuckerton is on the shores Of
Tuckerton Bay, directly opposite
Beach Haven, between which points
are to be found the finest sailing and
among the best fishing grounds along
the coast. The S20.foot radio tower
| erected near Tuckerton in 1914 IS
| visible for miles.
| In the immediate vicinity Of Tuck
| erton are the towns Of Barnegat,
| Manahawken, West Creek and
Waretown, where fishermen throng
during the season in the six mile
wide bay to the east.
Located on the Shrewsbury River,
from the long branch Of which it
| derives its name and including in
| its corporate limits West End, Hol.
lywood and Elberton. Long Branch
il one Of the oldest and best known
| resorts on the coast. 1t is famous
as the summer home Of four Presi.
dents of the United tates. Here
Garfield came in vain effort to
seek life after being struck down
by an assassin's bullet.
It embraces a higly developed
stretch OF rolling, wooded country
running for three miles back from
lakes runs through it and on the
northern boundry is the Shrews-
bury river, through which ocean
| going yachts may be brought from
around Sandy Hook.
Asbury q Beauty Spot.
The beauty spot Of the north
Jersey coast IL the commercial, as
| well as the entertainment center
bury Park. Here there Is a charm.
ing blending Of the sylvan and the
marine, where the wooded highlands
meet the sea. Shallow Wesley
Lake separates II from Ocean Grove
and Sunset Lake bisects the re.
sort.
Ocean Grove stands unique among
| municipal organizations. for by
legislative action it Is set apart from
Neptune township, in which it lies,
and 10 ruled and directed wholly by
the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
Association.
1t was founded by the Methodists
as campmeeting resort in 1869 and
has continued as such for more than
half a century.
In these many resorts, all within
convenient reach by railroad or auto
mobile, Washingtonians find that
they can select from an endless
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colony or resort that suits their
| needs.
On Seven Mile Beach, as the
section OF the shore line between
Townsend's Inlet and Hereford In
let 10 known, are three resorts,
Avalon, Peermond and Stone Har-
Dor. Seven Mile Beach is entirely
| surrounded by water the ocean to
the east, Great Sound to the west
and inlets on the north and south.
Stone Harbor Is at the southern
! end, opposite Anglesea. This rap.
idly growing resort has excellent
hotels, many cottages and bunga-
lows, country club with an en-
cellent golf course and shooting
grounds. a 24-foot boardwalk, u
fine bathing beach. a yacht club,
new fishing pier more than 500
feet long and other features.
Seven spacious yacht basins have
been built on the Inland State
waterway, which, stretching from
Cape May on the south to Bay
| Head on the north, connects with
all the intermediate New Jersey
coast resorts.
Midway between Atlantic City
and Cape May, at the northern end
| OF Seven Mile Beach is located
| Avalon, a wholesome family resort,
| with ample and good hotel accomo.
dattons. Avalon and Peermont are
closely related. Avalon claims the
distinction Of being the highest
spot along the Jrsey coast between
Barnegat Bay and Cape May. A
splendid wide beach, picturesque
sand dunes, fine automobile roads,
hunting, fishing and the facilities
OF a well-equipped yacht and moter
club are attractions.
Sea Isle City Fishing.
Located in protected cove on
the south Jersey coast, on a solid
| section of beach between Corson g
Inlet and Townsend's Inlet,is Sea
Isle City, long famous for its fish.
ing and grabbing.
Hotels All Modern,
The newer hotels are modern in
all their appointments and are
among the finest along the coast,
vieing even with the Atlantic City
hostelries In every respect except
size.
The Cape May golf and yacht
clubs number many Washington
members. The beach is one of the
finest along the coast and a fine
highway connects the cape with the
Five Mile. Beach resorts, while a
beach drive extends from the lower
end Of the resort to the new harbor
at Sewells Point.
On famous Five Mile Beach are q
number Of resorts-Wildwood Crest
and North Wildwood, both of which
have been absorbed by Wildwood;
Anglesea, Grassy Sound and Here
fort Inlet. Wildwood, the principal
resort on the beach, Is located near
the lower end Of Cape May county
and Is only seventy-nine miles from
Philadelphia.
wildwood has a long. wide and
gently sloping beach and q board
walk flVe miles long, much Of which
mas just been reconstructed and
which Is lined with theaters and
shops.
Excellent Fishing There.
For years the fishing banks off
the resort have been famous for
their excellent deep-water fishing
while Hereford inlet. Beach creek,