Evening star., 1946-08-04

More than q score OF beaches
equipped to provide pleasureable
'quickie vacations" or month long
stays, ues within q radius Of 60
motoring miles from Washington,
and hold the promise Of popularity
with families who, vacationing in
August, do not wish to 60 too far
from home.
Facilities offered at the bay and
river resorts, found principally In
Maryland. were checked in a survey
completed late in July by the Wash
ington Office of the American Auto
mobile Association. Details of the
personal inspection trips are re-
produced In this column, along with
an accompanying map of the pri-
mary highways used in driving from
Washington.
The survey attempted to list those
places where conscious efforts have
been made to provide q variety OF
vacation and recreational advanta-
ges for the public, and does not pre-
tend to include beach-front sections
where owners look with disfavor on
becoming a public resort. Thus
this list omits beaches where vaca-
tioners may make arrangements to
rent cottages from individual owners.
Included, however, are q number
Of beaches where a system has been
set up to screen" the public patrons
and deny facilities to unwanted
guests. In the following list, such
restricted beach resorts are marked
with an asterisk before the name.
To guide those who wish to stay
longer than single day, two types
Of facilities are listed: Overnight
accommodations" and cottage
rentals" The former usually means
hotels or boarding houses for the
day-to-day visitor, while cottages
generally are rented on q weekly
basis. In some instances, facilities
and services other than those
enumerated can be arranged for,
but those mentioned are more
readily available.
The AAA survey lists these salt
water resorts "of the National Cap
ital area:
Alpine Beach. Md.-Mileage, 3s;
nearest large town, Baltimore; ad-
mission charge, lighthouses, boat
Ing, picnic tables, children's play
areas, fishing, sandwiches and
drinks. (Near Paradise Beach,
bay Ridge, Nd. Mileage, "a;
nearest large town, Annapolis; ad-
mission charge, lighthouses, cottage
rentals, picnic tables, dancing, sand
wiches and drinks. meals.
Beverly Beach, Md. - Mileage
35; nearest large town, Annapolis; ;
admission charge, lighthouses, cot
tage rentals, picnic tables, children's
play areas, stores In vicinity, dane
ing, sandwiches and drinks.
Breezy Point, Md.-Mileage, ~:
nearest large town, Prince Fred
ertck: bathhouses, boating, over
night accommodations, picnic
tables, children's play areas, dane
ing, fishing, sandwiches and drinks
meals.
Chapel Point. Md.-Mileage, 80;
nearest large town, La Plata; ad-
mission charge, lighthouses, picnic
tables, children's play areas, fishing,
roller skating, sandwiches and
drinks.
Chesapeake Beach Park, Md. (sea-
side Park) - Mileage, 80; nearest
large town, North Beach; bath
houses, boating, picnic tables, chill
dren's play area, stores in vicinity,
dancing, fishing, sandwiches and
drinks, meals.
Cottage Grove Beach, Md.-Mile-
age. 81: nearest large town, Balti-
more: bathhouses, boating, over
night accommodations, cottage rem
tails, picnic tables, chfldrens play
area, dancing, fishing. sandwiches
and drinks.
Colonial Beach, Va.--Mileagc, s.;
town, Colonial Beach; lighthouses,
boating, overnight accommodations,
cottage rentals. children's play area.
stores In vicinity, dancing, nshing,
sandwiches and drinks, meals.