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- Potomac River. The Potomac River runs over 383 miles from Fairfax Stone, West Virginia to Point Lookout, Maryland and flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river is the fourth largest along the Atlantic Coast and has many creeks and streams that flow into it.
- Patuxent River. The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay that bisects the western shore of the State of Maryland north to south. The River is home for more than 100 species of fish, including bass, catfish, chain pickerel, and bluefish.
- Rappahannock River. The Rappahannock River runs for approximately 184 miles from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the Chesapeake Bay south of the Potomac River.
- York River. The York River is a 34-mile estuary located east of Richmond that drains into the Chesapeake Bay towards the southeast, entering the bay approximately 5 miles east of Yorktown.
Play, sight-see, eat, socialize, collect and explore along Maryland’s famous estuary. Use these 25 ideas for things to see and do along the Chesapeake to get you going.
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Includes Chesapeake Bay habitat maps and a two-page Maryland and Delaware highway map. Information on bicycling, campgrounds, canoe trips, Chesapeake Bay lighthouses, fishing, gardens, hiking, historic sites, hunting, museums, and scenic drives.
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- Tilghman Island Map and Directions
- Driving Directions to Tilghman Island, Maryland
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Tilghman Island is a small town on the Maryland Eastern Shore. It is an hour and 20-minute drive from Annapolis and a 20-minute drive from St. Michaels. The island is accessible by car.
From U.S. 50 East: Cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Continue on Route 50 East. Bear right onto the Route 322/Easton Bypass. Follow Route 322 through three traffic lights. At the fourth light bear right onto Route 33/St. Michaels Road. Follow the road, pass through the town of St. Michaels and continue for 13 miles to Tilghman Island.
The Great Chesapeake Bay Loop depicts the region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay on both the eastern and western shores. The loop includes the waterside communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Upper Chesapeake, the metropolitan centers in Central Maryland, and the peninsulas in Southern Maryland created by the wide Patuxent and Potomac ...
Where the Potomac and Patuxent rivers meet the Bay, these beautiful peninsulas once held Maryland’s first permanent English colony, grew tobacco plantations which imported slaves, and witnessed Civil War operations and numerous water-bound escapes from slavery.
Chesapeake Bay. Type: Bay. Description: estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Virginia. Categories: estuary and body of water. Location: Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America. View on OpenStreetMap.
