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Isle of Wight is an island in Worcester County, Maryland. [1] The island is in Isle of Wight Bay at the mouth of St. Martin River just west of Ocean City on Fenwick Island in eastern Maryland. The Ocean City Expressway crosses the island between the mainland and Fenwick Island. [2]
Assawoman Bay (locally / ˈ æ s ə w ʊ m ən /), once called Assawoman Sound, [1] is a lagoon that is located between Ocean City, Maryland and mainland Delmarva.The bay is located on the northern end of the city, and the bay on the southern end is called the Isle of Wight Bay. [2]
Ocean City, [oʊʃɪn sɪtiː] officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, along the East Coast of the United States.The population was 6,844 at the 2020 U.S. census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers and up to eight million visitors annually.
Isle of Wight Bay is a lagoon that separates part of mainland Worcester County, Maryland from the midtown part of Ocean City, also in Worcester County.To the north, it connects to the Assawoman Bay just south of the Assawoman Bay Bridge, and to the south it connects to the Sinepuxent Bay at the north end of West Ocean City where the bay narrows between the Thoroughfare channel and Mallard Island.
In 1988, Ocean City added a Historic Preservation Plan Element to its master plan. Three years later, the city designated the Ocean City Residential Historic District from Third to Eighth Streets, and along Wesley, Ocean, and Central Avenues; also included in the District was the Life-Saving Station at 4th and Atlantic.
Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area is a state wildlife management area (WMA) of Maryland located on the Isle of Wight, a small peninsula between the St. Martin's River and Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County. [1] Although called Isle of Wight, a small strip of marsh and road connects it with the mainland.
Fenwick Island is a barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean in Delaware and Maryland in the United States. [1] It contains the communities of South Bethany and Fenwick Island in Delaware along with Ocean City, Maryland. [2] [3] Until 1933, it was attached to Assateague Island to the south.
The estate lies on a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Corsica and Chester rivers. [1] Pioneer Point is the former estate of wealthy business executive, and builder John J. Raskob who is best known for building the Empire State Building in New York City. Raskob constructed the 19 room mansion originally known as "Hartefeld Hall" after ...