During the decades of segregation in the United States, African Americans established various resorts. The resorts were self-contained commercial establishments. Varying resort accommodations included rooms for rent, meals and fine food, cocktail bars, dancing, sporting facilities (such as golf, horseback riding, tennis, swimming pools, fishing, badminton), and beaches. Entire communities (or towns) became resort areas for African Americans. The Negro Motorist Green Book helped guide African Americans to accommodating and safe places, including Idlewild, Michigan, which was among the most well known.
California Bay Street Beach (also known as "the Inkwell") in Santa Monica, California Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, California Eureka Villa (now Val Verde) in California Lake Shore Beach Club on Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, California Murray's Dude Ranch in Apple Valley, California Pacific Beach Club in Orange County, California Peck's Pier and Pavilion in Manhattan Beach, California
Colorado Lincoln Hills Country Club in Gilpin County, Colorado Winks Panorama (or Winks Lodge), Lincoln Hills, Colorado
Florida American Beach, Florida Bethune Beach, Florida Bruce Beach in Pensacola, Florida Butler Beach in St. Johns County, Florida Hampton House in Miami, Florida Manhattan Beach (now Hanna Park) in Jacksonville, Florida Paradise Park, Florida Virginia Key Beach in Virginia Key, Florida
Indiana Fox Lake in Angola, Indiana
Maine Jewell Inn in York Beach, Maine Rock Rest in Kittery, Maine
Maryland Arundel on the Bay, Maryland Carr's Beach in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Highland Beach, Maryland Sparrow's Beach, south of Annapolis, Maryland
Massachusetts Camp Twin in Kingston, Massachusetts Jones' Cottage in Hyannis, Massachusetts Kingston Inn in Kingston, Massachusetts Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (also referred to as The Inkwell) Dunmere-by-the-sea in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts The Roost in Osterville, Massachusetts The Wigwam in Mashpee, Massachusetts
Michigan Blue-Bird Motel in Covert, Michigan Brooks Castle Farm in Grand Junction, Michigan Glover's Chi-Acres in Paw Paw, Michigan Idlewild, Michigan Dulin's Motel in Idlewild, Michigan Lydia Inn in Idlewild, Michigan Pitchford's La Maison in Covert, Michigan The Linwood Hotel in Detroit, Michigan
Mississippi Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi
New Jersey Beach 3 in Long Branch, New Jersey Missouri Avenue Beach in Atlantic CityMissouri Avenue Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey Liberty Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey Park Plaza Motel in Atlantic City, New Jersey Efra Court Motel in Wildwood, New Jersey Harmon Motel in Wildwood, New Jersey Rose Marie Manor in Wildwood, New Jersey
New York (state) Coleman's Lodge in Bloomingburg, New York Eastville in Sag Harbor, New York Greenwood Forest Farms (also known as "The Colony") near Greenwood Lake in New York Kings Lodge in Otisville, New York Maple Valley Farm in Pine Bush, New York Morgan Hill Lodge in Kingston, New York Paradise Farm in Cuddebackville, New York Peg Leg Bates Resort in Kerhonkson, New York Rainbow Acres in Kerhonkson, New York Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District in Sag Harbor, New York Smith Haven in Pine Bush, New York Utopia Lodge in Greenfield Park, New York
North Carolina Freeman Beach (now Freeman Park) in North Carolina Shell Island, North Carolina
Pennsylvania Hillside Inn in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
South Carolina Atlantic Beach, South Carolina in South Carolina Mosquito Beach, now part of Mosquito Beach Historic District, in South Carolina
Virginia Bay Shore Beach (now Buckroe and Fort Monroe) in Virginia Mark Haven Beach Hotel in Tappahannock, Virginia Buckroe Beach near Hampton, Virginia
Washington, D.C. Hains Point with Langston Golf Course in East Potomac Park
West Virginia Hill Top House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Wisconsin Al's Silver Ridge Resort in Webster, Wisconsin Goplana in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Lazy M Ranch in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin
See also Black-owned businesses Chitlin' Circuit Index of articles related to African Americans List of African-American neighborhoods List of African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses Racial segregation in the United States Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 in South Africa
Further reading Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era by Alison Rose Jefferson
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