General
Basic Info
- Name: Kerel Samuels
- Organization: Maryland All Age School
- Survey date & time: 2nd January, 2019, 8:00pm
- Beach: Orchard Beach
- Other names: Old Steamer Beach
- Location: Hopewell, Hanover
- Latitude: 18.455067153025322
- Longitude: -78.02439434910889
- Beach length: 0.50 mi
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: No
- Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 21 - 50
- Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Private beach (privately owned/leased, operating as a public beach (with access to the general public) with or without an entrance fee)
- Property owner: Adassa Johnson and Dwight A. King
- Owner contact
- Name: Adassa Johnson
- Phone: (876) 855-8450
- Mobile: (876) 826-4620
- Email:
- Property manager: Adassa Johnson
- Manager contact
- Name: Adassa Johnson
- Phone: (876) 826-4620
- Mobile: (876) 855-8450
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Employee
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (more than 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Family environment: Yes
No noticeable illegal activities taking place. Children can be taken to this beach as it is is not a nude beach. Parents should be mindful that there is no lifeguard present. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 3 - 5 times per year
- Party days:
- Public Holidays
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Seawall
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: Yes
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 20% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Names of vegetation: Sea Grapes Trees
Almond Trees - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: White
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Not sure
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: No
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There is one bin available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection: More than once per week