People play shuffleboard in Ocean Park at dusk. Shuffeboard is one of the central activities for families while they vacation in Ocean Park.

A sign with Ocean Park's longitude and latitude hangs on the side of Cottage Designs, a shop on Seaside Avenue.

Ariane Vinet, 3, turns to her brother Alexis, 5, while their mother Catherine Awad takes their photo and their father Dominic Vinet watches before the start of the Kids Fun Run in Ocean Park.The family is from Montreal and were vacationing in Ocean Park.

Children with American Youth Camps, a group of campers from China, and others roast marshmallows over a fire on the beach in Ocean Park.

Early morning light illuminates a walkway to the beach in Ocean Park. Many vacationers say the beach is just one part of why they come back to Ocean Park year after year and that the sense of community, the programs and activities and the slower pace are important, too.

Treyston Blasko, 7, looks to his cousin Alex de Foy after the two finished dinner on the porch of a cottage in Ocean Park that their extended family was sharing for two weeks.

Sydney Renda, 6 months, of Massachusetts looks up at a visitor while eating dinner with her parents on the porch of a vacation home in Ocean Park.

Linda Henry holds her 6-month-old granddaughter Sydney Renda while sitting on a couch with her brother Jeff Foster and her cousin Judy McAfee while waiting for dinner to be served.

Ron Grant helps his wife, Gail, during dinner Aug. 2 at a house in Ocean Park, where some of the nearly 40 extended members of their family vacationed this summer. Relatives make the annual trip to Ocean Park from points all across the country. The Grants are from California.

Susan Evans directs a rehearsal of the Temple Bell Choir. The bell choir plays every Sunday during religious services in The Temple, which is on the National Historic Register. The Temple is a large octagonal building that was built in 1881 and can hold about 800 people. Numerous summer programs are held in The Temple and it is considered by many in the community to be the center, both geographically and spiritually, of the oceanside retreat.

The McGregor and Rogers families compete in a family shuffleboard tournament in Ocean Park.

Laurie Wosleger talks with a friend while relaxing on the porch of a four-unit condominium in Ocean Park.

A man leaves the beach in Ocean Park in the early morning hours on Aug. 11. Compared to the bustle of Old Orchard Beach just up the road, it's easy to find solitude and quiet in Ocean Park, even on the beach.