If you want to cool off at a beach this summer, here are the top options for Marylanders, and they are all an easy drive.

Ocean City Beach is ranked #1 out of 17 things to do in Ocean City, MD. See pictures and our review of Ocean City Beach.

Ocean City, Maryland, just tightened its beach rules, banning tents and limiting canopy use starting now. NEW THIS MORNING: House OKs $9B in cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid Close alert.

but this is the unofficial kickoff of the beach time in ocean city. THE LIFEGUARDS TAKE THE STANDS AT 10 A.M. THIS MORNING, SO WE’RE READY FOR EVERYBODY. AND YOU PROBABLY SEE BEHIND ME.