Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
On the Coast Of Maine.

attractive resort 10 spend lew hours,
a couple Of days or weeks II ample time
is at his disposal.
On the Coast Of Maine.
Starting up at the North, as the sea-
son here is shorter than farther down
the coast, the State of Maine has a
coastline it can well be proud Of. 1t
centuries up pictures of great rocks, a
pounding surf and spray mountain
high 1t boasts of one Of the Summer
capitals of wealth and fashion-Bar
Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, with
another excellent reSort-Winter Har-
bor-located just across Frenchmans
Bay. Next comes Camden and Rock
land Breakwater, and continuing south
ward excellent sandy beaches will be
found at Kennebunkport and Ogunquit.
New Hampshire has only a short
stretch of coast, but it has several at
tractive resorts, among them being
New Castle, Rye Beach and Hampton.
Massachusetts, coaStline may be d.
vided into three sections-the North
Shore of Boston, the South Shore of
! Boston and Cape Cod, and then there
are also the island resorts Of Nantucket
and Marthas Vineyard reached by
steamer from the mainland. On the
north shore, Cape Ann juts out into the
Atlantic, and nearer to Boston, Mag
nolia and Salem, of great historic fame,
attract innumerable visitors during the
season.
On the south shore the most impor-
tant point is Plymouth, the landing
place of the Pilgrims, and then comes
the cape surrounded on all four sides
by water. At the tip end Is Province
town, at the elbow is Chatham, and
along the south shore lie West Harwich,
Hyannis, Osterville and Falmouth
Heights. Automobiles may reach
Marthas Vineyard by steamer from
Woods Hole over to Oak Bluffs.
Yacht Races Attract.
Next comes Rhode Island with an
other of the society capitals of the world
| in Newport which this Summer is
crowded with people because OF the
various yacht races being held of its
shore Here at the end Of August the
| trial races will be held to select an
American defender, and on September
| Is will be the beginning of the races
| between the Shamrock v and the
American defender. Other noted resorts
| in Rhode Island are jamestown, Nara
gansett Pier and Watch HILL
Connecticut's shore line borders the
| north shore of Long Island Sound and
among the many resorts here are New
London, Saybrook, Madison, Branford
! and Greenwich.
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sea coasts, the one along the north
| shore of Long Island, bordering on
Long Island Sound, and the other along
| the south shore of the island which
sometimes touches right on the broad
| Atlantic and at others faces on the
Great South Bay which is sheltered be-
| hind sandbars from the ocean.
| The north shore has some extremely
! lovely spots. The fact that many OF
~. Lac rff ha N0fiN0 nave
their homes along this coast gives some
! indication Of its attractiveneSs and the
! extent to which nature has been assisted
by the landscape architect. 1t will only
/ be necessary to mention oyster Bay,
! Cold Spring Harbor, or Huntington Bay
| to bring to mind pictures OF sailing;
| yachting, and motor boating under ideal
| Conditions. Port Washington, Center
| port, Southold, Greenport and Orient
| Point are all important north shore
| points.
Al the extreme eastern end of the
| island between the north and south
! shores lies Shelter Island, green, tree
studded gem. Ferry connection is availa-
BILE from Greenport to Shelter Island
| Heights. the center of activities on the
island, then short motor road leads
across the island to the south where an
| other ferry is taken to North Haven,
and then into Sag Harbor.
Along the South Shore.
Coming back on the south shore, at
the tipmost end Is Montauk Point, then
East Hampton, Southampton, another Of
the country's Summering grounds for
society, Hampton Bays. and Sayville.
In the western part of the island on the
south shore, the causeway over to Jones
Beach is now open, where there is a
State park; then comes Long Beach, and
the Rockaways, eliminating in the city
beaches Of Manhattan, Brighton, Coney
Island and Sea Gate.
New Jersey has very long coast
touching on the Atlantic all the way and
is dotted with resort after resort, all
boasting fine white sandy beaches.
Among the most important are Allen
| hurst Asbury Park and Spring Lake at
the northern end Beach Haven, on Long
Beach, a narrow strip of land lying be-
tween Barnegat Bay and the ocean, in
the middle section of the coast, and
then toward the south Atlantic City
: and ocean City, with Cape May at the
tipmoSt end
0 Delaware boasts of Rehoboth Beach
r and not to be outdone, Maryland lays
claim to Ocean City And the last, but
: not least on the list, will be found ir
r Virginia at Virginia Beach, located right
:, out on the ocean about &c miles from
S Norfolk in an extremely lovely and in.
S teresting section of the Old Dominion.