Visitor Information

State Tourism Offices

Maryland Office of Tourism Development. 410/767–3400 or 866/639–3526. www.visitmaryland.org.

Virginia Tourism Corporation (800/847–4882. www.virginia.org.)

Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Association. 202/789–7000 or 800/422–8644. www.washington.org.

National Park Service

National Park Service (202/619–7275 "Dial-a-Park". www.nps.gov.)

Weather

Accuweather.com is an independent weather-forecasting service with especially good coverage of hurricanes. www.accuweather.com.

Weather.com is the Web site for the Weather Channel. www.weather.com.

For Civil War buffs, www.civilwartraveler.com has information on battlefields and war-related sites and events. Wine enthusiasts can learn the basics of Maryland and Virginia wines (including winery locations) at www.marylandwine.com and www.virginiawine.org, respectively.

Find arts and entertainment listings online for Baltimore at the Baltimore Sun, for Richmond at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and for D.C. at the Washington Post. For D.C. gay bars and clubs, click on the Web site for the gay newspaper Washington Blade or the bar guide Metro Weekly.