Old Orchard Beach Hotels

Old Orchard Beach Hotels

Hotels in Old Orchard Beach are often used for accommodation for people who need to have a vacation in the town. Some may want to see the town so they can see the beaches. Some may want to see the landscape, the scenery, the culture and the piers of the town. Some may want to see the entertainment, cultural aspects of the town.

Old Orchard Beach is a town in York County, Maine, United States.

Located on the inner side of Saco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, the town is a popular summer beach destination, with an amusement park called Palace Playland (including a large seaside Ferris wheel). The downtown contains many tourist-oriented businesses, including clam shacks and t-shirt shops. A wooden pier on the beach contains many other tourist businesses, including a variety of souvenir shops. The seven mile long beach stretching away from the downtown is lined with many beach residential properties, condominiums, motels and bed and breakfasts.

The Old Orchard Beach area began appearing in historical records around the time of 1653. The area was first officially settled in 1657 by Thomas Rogers, who dubbed it "The Garden By The Sea". The historic Free Will Baptist revival camp at Ocean Park, Maine was built in the 1880s by Bates College President Oren B. Cheney.

Old Orchard Beach has been promoted as a tourist destination since 1631, when its first settler established a "Garden By the Sea." In 1829 the first Publick House opened, and in 1837. Railroad service between Boston and Portland opened in 1842. Over the years Old Orchard developed into a major resort. Airplanes took off from the beach and auto races were held on the sand. Most of the large hotels were destroyed in the conflagration of 1907.

York County is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cities and towns in the county.

Acton, Alfred, Arundel, Berwick, Biddeford, Buxton, Cornish, Dayton, Eliot, Hollis, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, North Berwick, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Parsonsfield, Saco, Sanford, Shapleigh, South Berwick, Waterboro, Wells, York Cape Neddick, Kittery Point, Lake Arrowhead, South Eliot, South Sanford, Springvale, West Kennebunk, York Harbor

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