Recreation and Tourist AttractionsLighthouses | Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network | State Parks
Fishing and Crabbing | Boating Access Points | Paddling Trails
Popular Water Towns | Museums | Special Trails | Battlefields The beauty of the Chesapeake region has been legendary ever since Captain John Smith started spreading the word four centuries ago. Explore the streams, parks, trails, and historic sites of the six-state Bay watershed and experience the culture of North America’s largest estuary. The sites listed below offer information for visitors of all ages and interests.
Lighthouses
 What better way to learn about the Chesapeake Bay than by visiting one of its lighthouses? Dotting the shores of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia are more than 30 historic lighthouses, many of which the public can tour for a small fee.Visit http://www.cheslights.org/heritage.htm Back to Top Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
The Chesapeake Bay touches many parts of the watershed, and many are not on the water. Through the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, more than 120 sites tell the Chesapeake tale through museums, historic sites and communities, water and land trails, and state parks. Back to Top State Parks
Maryland - www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands
Virginia - www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/index.htm
Pennsylvania - www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/
Delaware - www.destateparks.com/
West Virginia - www.wvstateparks.com/ Back to Top Fishing and Crabbing
Maryland - www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries
Pennsylvania - http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/fishin1.htm
Delaware - www.fw.delaware.gov/Fisheries/FishingInfo.htm
West Virginia - www.wvdnr.gov/Fishing/Fishing.shtm Back to Top Boating Access Points
Maryland - http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/fish/state2.html
Virginia - www.dgif.virginia.gov/boating/access/?filtertype=fips&fips=0
Pennsylvania - http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/access.htm
Delaware - http://www.boat-ed.com/de/handbook/agency.htm
West Virginia - www.wvdnr.gov/Fishing/public_access.asp?county=all&type=all Back to Top Paddling Trails
Maryland - www.dnr.state.md.us/outdoors/boating.html Back to Top Popular Water Towns
Baydreaming.com has a comprehensive list of the most popular water towns in Maryland and Virginia. Back to Top Museums
Calvert Marine Museum - http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - http://www.cbmm.org/
Chesapeake Children’s Museum - http://www.theccm.org/
The Mariners’ Museum - http://www.mariner.org/
Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation - http://www.overfalls.org/
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum - http://www.rfmuseum.org/
Smithsonian National Zoological Park - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Exhibit/BlueCrab/default.cfm
State Museum of Pennsylvania - http://www.statemuseumpa.org/
Susquehanna River Museum of Havre de Grace - http://www.lockhousemuseum.org/
Upper Bay Museum - www.seececil.org/about/museums.html
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Museum - http://www.virginiaaquarium.com/ Back to Top Special Trails
Captain John Smith - www.virginia.org/johnsmithtrail
Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park - www.nps.gov/shen
Blue Ridge Parkway - www.nps.gov/blri
Appalachian Trail - www.fred.net/kathy/at/atstate.html Back to Top Battlefields
Gettysburg - www.nps.gov/gett
Antietam - www.nps.gov/anti/
Monocacy - www.nps.gov/mono
Manassas - www.nps.gov/mana
Petersburg - www.nps.gov/pete Back to Top
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