Discover a place where there are still places to discover... Come play in the nation’s backyard...

Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary Indian Head Rail Trail St. Ignatius Church, Cemetery Calvert County, embraced by the Calvert Marine Museum One of the oldest counties in and located (White Plains to Indian Head) and Thomas Manor House and the , entices the visitor with 2880 Grays Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688 in the heart of the -Washington-Richmond 410-535-5327 • www.calvertparks.org 410-326-2042 • www.calvertmarinemuseum.com www.charlescountyparks.com 8855 Chapel Point Road, Port Tobacco, MD, 20677 a chance to discover and explore at the relaxed corridor, Charles County’s scenic natural charm can This 100-acre ecological In the only museum on the A 13-mile stretch of a former railroad corridor 301-934-8245 • www.chapelpoint.org be seen in beautiful water trails, secluded parks, and pace of a nautical lifestyle. Experience uncommon sanctuary features bald cypress, East Coast that is home to two is being converted to a recreational trail for Founded in 1641 and located on events. Enjoy unspoiled natural areas. Embark on a nature trail on an elevated lighthouses, visitors can explore unspoiled areas along the new Indian Head Rail Trail hikers, bikers, and nature enthusiasts. a 120-foot bluff overlooking the unsurpassed outings for families or groups. boardwalk and a nature center Calvert’s rich maritime history that provide perfect opportunities for bird-watching, The trail passes through the Mattawoman confluence of the Potomac and Port Take time to hunt for 15 million-year-old with live animals and exhibits. and see the diversity of life in the hiking, kayaking, canoeing and tournament level bass Creek stream valley. Completion expected Tobacco Rivers, St. Ignatius Church is the nation’s oldest active parish with fossils at the famed Calvert Cliffs or climb the Chesapeake Bay come alive. fishing. The Pope’s Creek waterfront boasts several late 2009. a continual pastorate and is featured Bayside History Museum well-known seafood restaurants, and there are many stairway to the Drum Point Lighthouse at the on the state designated Religious 9006 Dayton Avenue, North Beach, MD 20714 Port Tobacco Historic District Calvert Marine Museum. Learn the heritage exciting places to shop, dine, and stay in the retail Freedom Byway. 410-495-8386 • www.baysidehistorymuseum.org 1525 Flag Ponds Parkway, Lusby, MD 20657 8730 Commerce Street, Port Tobacco, MD 20677 and agricultural history of Southern Maryland hub of Waldorf and in historic La Plata. Sports fans Explore the role of the Chesapeake Bay 410-586-1477 • www.calvertparks.org 301-934-4313 • www.restoreporttobacco.org will enjoy our award-winning minor league baseball Thomas Stone National Historic Site at Jefferson and Museum. And environment in shaping the cultures of Flag Ponds showcases natural environments from The first incorporated community in Maryland, this when the exploring comes to an end for the day, bayside communities from prehistoric sandy beaches to freshwater stadium, which also hosts concerts and special events. once thriving port town hosts 6655 Rose Hill Road, Port Tobacco, MD 20677 enjoy savory seafood and warm hospitality in a time to the present in this small gem of ponds and the forested heights An area rich in history, Charles County’s agricultural the Port Tobacco Courthouse. 301-392-1776 • www.nps.gov/thst place where time moves just a little more slowly. a museum. Once the historic “Charlie of Calvert Cliffs with hiking heritage is still visible in the working farms and historic Costumed docents give tours, This site features Haberdeventure, the NPS-operated home of five Mead House,” the museum is home to trails, observation platforms, tobacco barns that dot the landscape. archeological digs are ongoing an extensive collection of memorabilia wetlands boardwalk, fishing pier and new interpretive trails are in generations of the Stone family,

from the bayside community. and visitor center with wildlife development. The site is featured including Thomas Stone, one of American Chestnut Land Trust on “The Underground Railroad: Maryland’s signers of the Declaration exhibits. Capital Clubhouse South Trail: Scientists Cliffs Road, Port Republic, MD 20676 Maryland’s Network to Freedom.” of Independence. The site includes a 3033 Waldorf Market Place, Waldorf, MD 20603 North Trail: Double Oak Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 Calvert Cliffs State Park Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Open seasonally. visitor center and family cemetery. 410-414-3400 • www.acltweb.org 301-932-4348 • www.capitalclubhouse.com 9500 H.G. Trueman Road, Lusby, MD 20657 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685 Fifteen miles of serene public Conveniently located in the heart Water Trails of Charles County 301-743-7613 • www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/ 410-586-8501 • www.jefpat.org Regency Furniture Stadium hiking trails in two locations of Waldorf, this 90,000 square southern/calvertcliffs.html Experience, discover, learn 11765 St. Linus Drive, Waldorf, MD 20602 , , , make this a great place to foot indoor sports center features Hiking trails in this 1,460-acre and have fun on 560 acres 301-374-1122 • www.sombluecrabs.com and the hike and explore. Guided an NHL-size ice rink, rock climbing wooded state park lead to the overlooking the Patuxent River. This family-friendly, minor-league 1-800-766-3386 • www.thenationsbackyard.com canoe trips and hikes are wall, two multi-sports courts, a majestic Calvert Cliffs on the Over 70 archaeological sites baseball stadium is home to the So. Explore the county by water. Free, offered from spring to fall, fitness center, various classes, Chesapeake Bay. The park is reflect 12,000 years of human Maryland Blue Crabs, who play in water-resistant brochures with water as well as annual seasonal special events, a snack bar and an ideal destination for hiking, occupation via an exhibit center, the independent Atlantic League. trail maps of the “wild side of the events for families. party rooms. Potomac,” including access points picnicking, fishing and fossil hiking trails, recreated woodland H.D. Photography Concerts, meetings and other special hunting. Indian village and tours. events are also held here. and information on birding, wildlife Annmarie Garden Dr. Samuel Mudd House viewing and more. Sculpture Park & Arts Center 3725 Samuel Mudd Road, Waldorf, MD 20601 Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Kings Landing Park 13480 Dowell Road, Solomons, MD 20688 301-274-9358 • www.somd.lib.md.us/MUSEUMS/Mudd Waterfront Dining at Pope’s Creek 4155 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 3255 Kings Landing Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639 2750 Sweden Point Road, Marbury, MD 20658 410-326-4640 • www.annmariegarden.org Featured on “Maryland Civil War 410-257-3892 • www.cbrm.org 410-535-2661 • www.calvertparks.org 301-743-7613 • www.dnr.state.md.us Feast on crabs and succulent seafood at these popular This 30-acre park features an arts Trails: Escape of an Assassin,” The Chesapeake Beach Railway’s only remaining station Plan a fun family day at this 260-acre Located on a tributary, waterfront restaurants on Pope’s Creek in Newburg: center and shady walking paths the house and farm commemorate now houses a museum which park on the Patuxent River offering a the 628-acre park features a marina, Captain Billy’s Crab House, 11495 that meander through woods and the life of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the displays historical photos and variety of outdoor amenities including boat launch, camping, tournament- Road, 301-932-4323; marvelous outdoor sculpture. physician who treated the injured artifacts depicting resort life and wetlands boardwalk, fishing pier, level bass fishing, the Mattawoman Robertson’s Crab House, 11455 Enjoy changing art exhibits in a leg of John Wilkes Booth after he transportation from the early hiking trails, a launch area for canoes Creek Art Center and Smallwood’s Popes Creek Road, 301-934-3300; light-filled gallery, or visit one of assassinated President Abraham 1900s. and kayaks, miles of scenic shoreline Retreat, home of Revolutionary War Gilligan’s Pier & Restaurant, 11535 the many featured festivals and Lincoln in April of 1865. and a swimming pool. General . Popes Creek Road, 301-259-4514 events throughout the year.

Where the Potomac meets the Chesapeake!

In 1634, 140 hardy adventurers stepped onto this Leonardtown Downtown and Waterfront , Lighthouse Where Time and Tide Meet bountiful Chesapeake shore and christened the land 22500 Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and Civil War Museum “Terra Maria,” or Maryland. Today, historic sites such 3310-475-9791 • http://leonardtown.somd.com 11175 Point Lookout Road, Scotland, MD 20687 Shaped by the Chesapeake Bay and its mighty as St. Clement’s Island and Historic St. Mary’s City Leonardtown’s old fashioned square 301-872-5688 • www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands tributaries, the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers, Maryland’s tell of those early beginnings while others explore is bordered by shops, galleries and Swimming, fishing, boating, and verdant peninsula has fostered a traditional lifestyle restaurants. The town’s wharf was camping are a few of the activities the area’s rich maritime and military history. Here, anchored in the natural bounty of the Tidewater. once a busy steamboat landing and in this bay setting crowned by a you’ll find lighthouses, Civil War sites and even a is now a waterfront park accessible lighthouse. A museum recounts the Southern Maryland boasts a thousand miles of shoreline museum dedicated to the latest in naval technology. by boat. site’s vivid history as a Civil War with fossil-laden cliffs, quiet tidal inlets and sandy beaches. The expansive tidewater landscape makes for great prison camp. The result of this unique geography is a maritime heritage paddling and great cycling while Leonardtown on Leonardtown Water Trail and Winery of skipjacks, steamboats and lighthouses, a network of Breton Bay offers dining, shopping and year-round 22500 Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Sotterley Plantation scenic byways joining resort towns and picturesque fish- events. At the peninsula’s southern tip, marinas and 3310-475-9791 • http://leonardtown.somd.com 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636 ing communities and an abundance of state and national The Port of Leonardtown Public 800-681-0850 • www.sotterley.org charter boats lie adjacent to some of the Bay’s richest parks offering a diverse variety of water-based recreational Park shares the site with the This 18th-century Tidewater activities. fishing grounds. Come and relax, enjoy and explore Leonardtown Winery. The park Plantation overlooking the where the Potomac meets the Chesapeake. serves as the launch point for Patuxent River features a manor a three mile paddling trail down house of unique construction. The the McIntosh Run and out onto 90-acre site includes gardens, Breton Bay. The trail terminates outbuildings, a slave cabin and 25420 Rosedale Manor Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636 at the Leonardtown Wharf Park which lies just below nature trails. 301-373-9775 • www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands Leonardtown Square. Southern Maryland is just a short drive from Baltimore, Located along the Patuxent St. Clement’s Island Museum and Washington D.C., Annapolis and Richmond. River, the 596-acre park Patuxent River Naval Air Museum St. Clement’s Island offers numerous hiking trails, 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653 38370 Point Breeze Road, Colton’s Point, MD 20626 a canoe and kayak launch, 301-863-7418 • www.paxmuseum.com 301-769-2222 • www.stmarysmd.com/recreate a boat dock, beach and This official US Navy museum is the nation’s only museum The museum tells the story of fully accessible meeting and dedicated to naval aviation Maryland’s founding which took Calvert County NEED MORE INFO? Visit individual county and regional lodging facilities. research, development, place on nearby St. Clement’s Calvert County Department of Economic Development Web sites for these and other publications: testing and evaluation. Island. A massive cross erected on 175 Main Street, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 Historic St. Mary’s City The museum features an the island commemorates that first 800-331-9771 • ecalvert.com African-American Voices and Images (Calvert County) Bed & Breakfasts, Cottages and Historic Inns (St. Mary’s) 18751 Hogaboom Lane (off Route 5) outdoor aircraft park as well landing and shares the site with Charles County Civil War Trails: John Wilkes Booth--Escape of an Assassin (Regional) St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 as indoor exhibits. Blackistone Lighthouse. The island Charles County Department of Economic Development & Tourism Historic Churches and Religious Sites (St. Mary’s) 240-895-4990 or 800-SMC-1634 • www.stmaryscity.org is accessible only by boat or seasonal water taxi. 103 Centennial Street. Suite C, La Plata, MD 20646 Historic Churches of Charles County 800-766-3386 • thenationsbackyard.com Maryland’s premier outdoor living history museum is Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Park Historic La Plata Landmarks (Charles) on the site of the state’s first capital and the fourth St. George Island The Historic Treasures of Calvert County 44701 Lighthouse Road, Piney Point, MD 20674 St. Mary’s County permanent British settlement St. Mary’s County Tourism Maryland Byways (Regional) 301-994-1471 • www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums 800-327-0923 • [email protected] 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, P.O. Box 653, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Patuxent Wine Trail (Calvert) in the New World. Visit the The oldest lighthouse on the Potomac This low-lying island near the mouth of the Potomac River 800-327-9023 • stmarysmd.com/tourism Picture Perfect Fishing Guide (St. Mary’s) Maryland Dove, the Godiah now sits on a 6-acre beach-front park. is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel of Southern Maryland Bicycle Routes (Regional) Spray Plantation, the Indian The museum recounts the site’s water. The area has camping, Regional/State Southern Maryland Heritage Driving Tours (Regional) Hamlet and the St. John’s southernmdisfun.com Water Trails of Charles County history and features a collection of lodging and waterside dining Site Museum. historic Chesapeake Bay sailing and a public landing, and is Crain Memorial Welcome Center vessels. home to the Chesapeake Bay 12480 Crain Highway Newburg, MD 20664 This publication was funded, in part, by the Southern Maryland Heritage Area 301-259-2500 • www.visitmaryland.org Consortium and the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Field Lab. ©2009 Southern Maryland Travel and Tourism Committee Blurb here 4

Relax and play in a place 2 D E S T I N A T I O N Jewell Rd. Lyons Creek Road where time and tide meet... 260 778 DUNKIRK

OWINGS ROSE HAVEN

MT The National HARMONY Colonial Farm Museum To National Harbor urn Rd. Piscataway Skinners T National Park and Washington, D.C. 301 381 2 Barrys Hill Rd. 5 Marshall Rd. Cedarville 262 Lower Road Hall Rd. PINEFIELD Fenwick Rd. Acton Hardesty Rd.

Ln. 210 228

227 Hamilton Ruth B. Swann 382 Memorial Park Pond

HUNTINGTOWN Tobacco Road

Robinson Cox 382 263 521 PLUM Pomfret 5 Rd. Road POINT 229 ST. CHARLES 225 224 Bumpy Bowie Rd. Road Church 227

Oak Environmental J See descriptions of featured sites on reverse. 301 a y b

e d W ell e a Rd. ch Rd Ham it . m a 4 o

L

M o s

R a n

h n

381 d i n DARES e 2 16 224 g Rosewick Rd. t BEACH o H n Laurel Springs Featured Site CALVERT COUNTY

A

Hawthorne ve. Regional Park BRYANTOWN 488 425 225 Tilghman 5 Park HUGHESVILLE 1. American Chestnut Land Trust Rose Hill Additional Point 231 18 P Ripley Road r Maxwell of Interest 2. Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park & Arts Center in c e Hall Parkers Creek 765

Rd. Park Road Shop Rd. Camp H Vista Scout 3. Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary

6 Rd. Fre BARSTOW H Hospital de 344 rick Road Burch Zekiah Olivers 5 PORT Chicamuxen Rd. 4. Bayside History Museum Doncaster Oaks BENEDICT REPUBLIC Road Road Swamp Wolf Indian Creek 231 Visitor Center Rd. Rd. 224 To MC CONCHIE 232 b 14 Oaks Rd. WMA Rd. 508 ort ac Oak Rd. Mt. Governor 5. Calvert Cliffs State Park

P Beach co Gilbert Ridge Park Sea Gull IRONSIDES Golden Run Rd. 6 Run 506 Beach 2 Winery WELCOME 6 765 St. Mary’s County 6. Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum HILL TOP Park Road GOLDEN BEACH Rd. Forest County Road 6 Oak Rd. 4 Port Welcome Road Center Dur . ham d 7. Calvert Marine Museum Rd. Street ytown Rd. hurch R Lavielle Golf Course se C 6 Rd. Road All Faith

Church Rd. Ball Po T Mill Swamp B Rd. HUNTERSVILLE Road obacco ren 8. Flag Ponds Nature Park Road tland Rd. Bowie 425 NEW ST Liverpool LEONARD Point Rd. MARKET Trent Hall 264 Friendship 9. Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum BRENTLAND Rd. 265 Ironsides Farm Park 5 Dubois 6 Road 17 MECHANICSVILLE d a Cremona 10. Kings Landing Park

o Rd.

R

NANJEMOY Neck Rd. r e

Port eek Rd. Purse THOMPSON n r

u State CORNER T 236 . t Park d e Tayloes k R r Rd. NEW- a Run k GRAYTON M CHARLES COUNTY e PORT King Rd. Tobacco Blossom Point e w r e

Hancock C N The Nature Field Test Facility Holly s

6 e ORAVILLE Conservancy Rd. p 11. Capital Clubhouse Road o Motorsport Preserve P 234 Budds 235 . Springs Creek Rd Nanjemoy Cr Venues es 20 at Riverside Point g 12. Dr. Samuel Mudd House Rd. 5 Queen Tree Rd. d n Rd. BUDDS a Church S

CREEK . RIVERSIDE N 13. Indian Head Rail Trail (White Plains to Indian Head) Coffee Hill Rd. Cliff Maryland 301 Rd. HELEN Baptist Drum Road 224 WICOMICO Road Rd. 14. Port Tobacco Historic District 238 Rd. SHORES MORGANZA HILLVILLE Wharf 765 WELLINGTON 234 15. Regency Furniture Stadium BEACH 257 Rd. Jones 760 CHAPTICO Road 21 Road Three 19 Old Three St eer Ho 16. Smallwood State Park 301 Notch Rd. rn Ne . ck Vista d Rd 242 Jones Rd. R . ly McIntosh HOLLYWOOD er ott 17. St. Ignatius Church, Cemetery & Thomas Manor House Morgan S 238 243 MORGANTOWN 234 5 Rd. Road Point 18. Thomas Stone National Historic Site Road Maypole Rd. HURRY 245 MADDOX Rd. DRUM Rd. POINT 19. Water Trails of Charles County Johns CLEMENTS HollywoodSaint Banks Road

20. Waterfront Dining at Pope’s Creek 24 B

r VIRGINIA Grampton 245 o w 235

Lane Rd.

n Creek Dr.

257

Road . H R own M n 242 T L o on a ti n Point Cedar d ce 4 o 4 ST. MARY’S COUNTY t Sugar llo es D r 5 An r St. drew . 2 C Hole s 25 Road 4 21. Greenwell State Park Southern Rd. D Park C o o w b 243 e b 242 22. Historic St. Mary’s City l l Is . 470

R

d . 244 y 23. Leonardtown Downtown and Waterfront

AVENUE Abell a

COBB

B

ISLAND s Rd. REDGATE

ABELL Rd. t 24. Leonardtown Water Trail and Winery n CHINGVILLE

C e u 242 Beach gic L rti ela n. s

R P R d. m Breton it d. e

25. Patuxent River Naval Air Museum l Rd. 235 m r 5 A O Whirlwind e p C pel s H pre y . L t

n. R Ln. S 26. Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Park o

a B d 244 ack C reek . d 27. Point Lookout State Park, Lighthouse and Civil War Museum R 489 Rd. n LA PLATA io t St. Clement’s Island d. a an R t State Park Be S 28. Sotterley Plantation io d a 5 . R d ills R Rolling H 29. St. Clement’s Island Museum and St. Clement’s Island DRAYDEN War VALLEY ds Rd. LEE St. Mary’s 30. St. George Island Hu tchin s Rd City Calvert . LEONARDTOWN Marina Park 245 TALL 22 TIMBERS

Road PINEY 14 PT.

Point Lookout Road 243 H 249 4 24 5 Eldon Ct. Thomas Rd.

Abell St. Hollywood

245 5 Point

Rose Hill Drive

t

e

e r Lookout Park t 245 Fe S nw ick

Ave. S tre e t 1 1/2 0 1 2 3 4 5 n o d 5 t a Road g o n R Rahall N i ew l town h il R s t Way h d a r Scale in Miles g . e in W v pr l S a Confederate 0 1/8 1/4 1/2 Miles C

0 1/8 1/4 1/2 Miles p m Cemetery Breton Bay a C Monument