West Ocean City

Captain William Carhart's Grave

The only marked grave in Ocean City — a Philadelphia sea captain shipwrecked Jan 5, 1799 (age 38); sits in a residential neighborhood; respectfully visit

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Hours & practicals

Address
Captain's Hill, Golf Course Rd, Ocean Cityinland
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

Ocean City has no cemeteries — which makes this lone 1799 tombstone on Captain's Hill the strangest landmark in town. Capt. William Carhart, a Philadelphia sea captain, was 38 when his ship wrecked; his marker has outlasted everything around it by two centuries. It stands in a residential neighborhood today, so visit quietly and respectfully.

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Sources

  • Facts — the guide’s own research notes — no published source, recorded July 2026
  • coords derived from the island street grid, July 2026 — not independently verified

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Other places in West Ocean City

The neighborhood

The 7 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

See Captain William Carhart's Grave on the wiki, with every connection listed