Ocean Grove Association
Ocean Grove was founded in 1869 as an outgrowth of the camp meeting movement in the United States, when a group of Methodist clergymen formed the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association to develop and operate a summer camp meeting site on the New Jersey seashore. By the early 20th century, the popular Christian meeting ground became known as the "Queen of Religious Resorts.”
Ocean Grove remains the longest-active camp meeting site in the United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ocean Grove is noted for its abundant examples of Victorian architecture.
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
54 Pitman Avenue - PO Box 248
Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
Main Office: 732-775-0035
FAX: 732-775-5689
Beach Office: 732-988-5533
Email: information@oceangrove.org
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The Chautauqua communities below are members of the Chautauqua Network.
- Bay View Association
Petoskey, Michigan - Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, New York - Chautauqua-Wawasee
Syracuse, Indiana - Colorado Chautauqua
Boulder, Colorado - Epworth Assembly
Ludington, Michigan - Florida Chautauqua
DeFuniak Springs, Florida - Lakeside Chautauqua
Lakeside, Ohio - Monteagle Assembly
Monteagle, Tennessee - Muskoka Chautauqua
Port Carling, Ontario - New Piasa Chautauqua
Elsah, Illinois - Ocean Grove Association
Ocean Grove, New Jersey - Ocean Park
Ocean Park, Maine - Pennsylvania Chautauqua
Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania - Waxahatchie Chautauqua
Waxahatchie, Texas

