Bay Day at Ocean Pines

Come out to the 2nd Bay Day and learn how to make a difference right in your own backyard!

This fall, Ocean Pines and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program will be hosting a day of fun, hands-on activities, and educational exhibits about how watershed residents can make a positive impact in our Coastal Bays!
This day is sure to delight with free bay boat rides on the OC Swim Call, the Burley Oak Beer Truck, a food garden, kids activities, live music, hands-on demonstrations, nature crafts, dozens of educational booths, a workshop pavilion, a recycling corner, and an interactive art piece…just to name a few!

This year’s exhibitors thus far:
Maryland Coastal Bays Program
Ocean Pines Association
Pocomoke State Park
Assateague State Park
Ward Museum
Art League of Ocean City
OC Lifesaving Museum
Assateague Island Alliance
USDA- Natural Resource Conservation Service
National Aquarium
Assateague Farm
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
Maryland Department of the Environment
OC Surf Club
Assateague Coastal Trust
Coast Kids
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Eastern Shore Mountain Biking Association
American Fisheries Society- UMES
Assateague Island Alliance
Protectors of the St. Martin
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Oyster Research
Atlantic Coast Sportfishing Association (ACSA)
OP Anglers Club
MD Natural Resource Police
Give Geese A Chance
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

Stay tuned for more details on our exhibitors, food/drink vendors, boat rides, crafts, live music, and more as the date gets closer.

We will have the Burley Oak Beer Truck, Kettle Korn, Kiwanis, and Street Kitchen food truck again this year.

NEW THIS YEAR:
– Come check out the new OP pollinator garden with us and hear a talk from an expert!
– Add your own “piece” to an interactive art installation that brings light to the issue of single use plastics
– Our workshop pavilion! This includes: bird, bat, bee homes, native plants, seed bombs, and fish prints! Come make AND take!