The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-07
AUTO|STS HAVE
PICK Of MANY
FINE TRIPS
Famous Resorts Abound With
in Easy Days Run From
Nations Capital.

| TIC IIldH VINO O"HS ala oUIO
mobile there Is the widest choice of
weekend resorts Every road out
of the city leads eventually to some
well known summer haven.
The sea, the bay. the lower
reaches Of the Potomac and OF
! other rivers, the country resorts,
and many Of the mountain summer
ing places are within convenient
| distance for the weekend motor
| trip.
For the motorist who has two
| days at his disposal there are a
score of ocean resorts on the At
| lantic coast and additional scores
of salt water outing places along
| the shores of Chesapeake Bay, the
| lower Potomac, and the Delaware.
Among the seaside resorts are
| such places as Lewes, Rehoboth,
and Bethany Beach, in Delaware;
! OCean' City, Nd; and even some
| of the nearer New Jersey places
Atlantic City: Ocean City, Ocean
Grove, and Asbury Park.
Chesapeake Section.
An even wider choice awaits the
man who prefers the quieter waters
of Chesapeake Bay and the Hamp-
| ton Roads section. Here he can
find such watering resorts as Bay
shore, Sparrows Point, Rockhall,
Love Point, Claiborne, Shadyside,
Annapolis, Sherwood Forest, Chesa-
peake Beach, Solomons, Point Look
out and even such distant points as
Ocean View, Virginia Beach, Will
oughby Beach, Cape Henry, Buck
roe Beach, Newport News and Old
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places are more easily reached by
steamboat. the trip by automobile
| being very roundabout and almost
too long for weekend run. even
when the ferry routes are used
Among the lower Potomac resorts
are MorgaDtown, Rock Point, bush
wood, Blackstone, Leonardtown,
Piney Point and Colonial Beach, all
of which, with the exception of
Colonial Beach, are readily accessi-
BILE by automobile over excellent
roads. All of these river points
| may be reached by. steamboat, the
trip down the river being one Of
the most interesting and refreshing
for the week end vaeationer.
The motorist who is willing to
make a longer trip can find re-
| sorts on the lower Susquehanna
and the Delaware, such as Como
wingo, Penns Grove, Port Penn and
| Woodland Beach.
Lewes and Rehoboth, in Della
| ware. can be reached by automobile
by two routes-one, the longer.
through Baltimore, Belair, HaVre de
Grace, around the head of Chesa-
| peake Bay at Elkton and then
/ south by way of Odessa, Dover,
| Milford, Georgetown, Del, to either
seaside place, the roads forking east
of Georgetown, the north fork to
Lewes, the south, or right fork, to
Rehoboth. The shorter route and
the one more commonly used. is by
| way of Annapolis, auto ferry to
| Claiborne, thence east through Eas.
ton and fredericksburg, Md, and
connecting with the other route at
| Georgetown, Del. -
Both Have Surf Bathing.
Both these resorts afford surf
bathing, surf and deep sea fishing,
and boating. In both cases there Is
sheltered bay behind the city,
where quiet water may be found
! for those who want the salt sea
| water but do not like surf bathing.
| Hotel rates range upward from
| $3.50 a day or $3.50 a week. There
are a number of boarding houses
| where lower rates may be found.
These resorts may also be reached
| by railroad from Wilmington or
| Claiborne
Ocean City. Md, is just a few
miles down the. coast from Reho-
both, and conditions there are very
| similar to those at the Delaware
resort. There is a salt water bay
behind the town, where there is
abundant fishing, grabbing and boat
| ing. Hotel rates are reasonable
and there are a large number of
hotels and rooming houses from
which TO make selection. The auto
mobile route is by way of Annapo-
J lis, Claiborne ferry, and across
Eastern Shore over splendid con.
crete highways, by way of Easton,
| Preston. Hurlock Shiloh Church,
! Rhodesdale. Sharptown, Salisbury,
Pittsville and Berlin.
All Of the Western Shore resorts
along Chesapeake Bay north of The
! Potomac are accessible by automobile
over fairly good roads. They in
clude Annapolis, Bay Ridge, reached
by spur road from Annapolis;
Shadyside, reached by the road
through Marlboro and forking to
the north from the Chesa peake
Beach ROAD, which passes through
Friendship and Mt. Harmony. A
longer trip through Mt. Harmony
to the south via Sunderland, Prince
Frederick. Port Republic, st. Leon
ard, and Lusby, brings the motorist
fto Solomons, which can also be
reached via Leonardtown, Clifton
Mills, Great Mills, and Milestone
Landing, where a ferry trip across
the Patuxent lands the traveller at
Solomons Solomons is noted as
one Of the best of the more easily
accessible fishing grounds.
A very good road to the south
through Good Hope, Silver Hill
Clinton, T. B., Mattawoman, and
Waldorf leads either to Rock Point
Morgantown, and Indian Head. hy
continuing straight through Wal.
dorf to La Plata, or TO Benedict
Blackstone, Leonardtown, or Point
Lookout and Piney Point, by turn.
ing to the left. Beyond Waldorf
on the left road to Leonardtown
the road forks at Hughsville, the
road to the left leading to Benedict
and that on the right to Charlotte
Hall, Mechanicsville, and Morganza
where the right fork leads TO Bush
wood and Blackstone and the left
fork to Leonardtown, Piney Point
and Point Lookout. There is good
fishing. bathing, and boating a