Places to Explore In Annapolis and Southern Maryland

Annapolis

In 1649 a group of Puritan settlers moved from Virginia to a spot at the mouth of the Severn River, where they established a community called...

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Broomes Island

An area without specific boundaries, Broomes is not even an island per se, except during a very high tide or in a strong storm. It's made up...

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Chesapeake Beach

This charming little town beside the Bay was founded at the close of the 19th century as a resort to rival those along the French Riviera. It...

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Lexington Park

This military town is dominated by the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, which covers 25 mi of the shoreline at the mouth of the eponymous river...

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Lusby

Lusby is larger than either Port Republic or Broomes Island and has a town center as well as some of the big, convenience stores on its perimeter...

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North Beach

In some ways a quieter, more-residential extension of Chesapeake Beach, North Beach has a fishing pier and a quiet boardwalk. When it was founded...

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Point Lookout State Park

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Port Republic

Two sites in Port Republic, Christ Church and Port Republic School No. 7, are easy to miss simply because the sign for Port Republic from Route...

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Port Tobacco

One of the oldest communities in the East, Port Tobacco first existed as the Native American settlement of "Potopaco." (The similarity between...

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Solomons

On the tip of the peninsula, Solomons is where the Patuxent empties into the Chesapeake. The town has become a popular getaway for sailors,...

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St. Mary's City

An intrepid group of 140 English settlers sailed the Ark and the Dove up the Potomac and into one of its tributaries, the St. Mary's River...

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Waldorf

The lovely rural fields of other parts of eastern Maryland give way to developments and higher-density traffic when you reach Waldorf. ...

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