The island, in parts

The eight districts

Ocean City is essentially one street long: a barrier island where everything is nth Street, running Inlet to the Delaware line. These eight parts are how this guide talks about it — six stretches of the island, the mainland across the bay, and the ring of places worth the drive.

186places across the eight, and the street ranges below are the guide’s own. The town publishes no neighbourhood boundaries, so each district page draws its reach from where its places actually are rather than from a line nobody drew.

  1. Downtown / Inlet & BoardwalkThe Inlet – 15th St59 places
  2. Lower Midtown15th St – 33rd St19 places
  3. Midtown33rd St – 62nd St19 places
  4. Uptown62nd St – 94th St14 places
  5. North OC94th St – 146th St21 places
  6. West Ocean City20 places
  7. Fenwick Island, DE146th St north14 places
  8. Day-trips ring20 places

Other ways in

Coastal Highway runs the same ground as one continuous strip rather than eight parts. The map shows every place at once, filterable by layer. The City Directory cuts the same records by street, food, district and era.