Southern Maryland ATTRACTIONS & RECREATION Things to See and Do Southern Maryland’s bayside communities off er warm, welcoming and revitalized recreation destinations, making the region a premiere resort locale. North Beach Owings Chesapeake Beach Huntingtown Waldorf Indian Head Marbury Bryantown La Plata Welcome Port Tobacco Newburg Charles Calvert Nanjemoy Prince Frederick Valley Lee St. Leonard St. Mary’s City St. Mary’s Lusby Dowell Solomons Mechanicsville Hollywood California Leonardtown Lexington Park Callaway Coltons Point Drayden Piney Point Ridge Scotland #southernmd @homebythebay #chesapeakebay @erik_dowell Bryantown HISTORY & HERITAGE St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery 13715 Notre Dame Pl, Bryantown, 301-870-2220 www.stmarysbryantown.com Historic church (est. 1793) and final resting place of Dr. Samuel Mudd who treated John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg following Lincoln’s assassination. OUTDOOR RECREATION Dolly Diesel Sportfi shing c/o Rod N’ Reel, 4160 Mears Ave, Chesapeake Beach, 301-855-8940 www.dollydieselsportfi shing.com Charters for sportfishing excursions, with “no fish, no pay” policy, fishing the entire Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean and seating 27 passengers. Apr-Dec; call for schedule. Dowell ARTS & CULTURE Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center 13470 Dowell Rd, Dowell, 410-326-4640 www.annmariegarden.org Gallery with a wooded walking path and exhibits on loan from the Smithsonian Institution, a children’s natural play space, native gardens and artLAB. 9am-5pm. d $ California ATTRACTIONS Cecil’s Old Mill 20854 Indian Bridge Rd, California, 301-994-1510 www.visitstmarysmd.com/site/detail/cecils-old-mill State’s only double overshoot water wheel and an early industrial district offering unique shopping with local artisans, craftsmen goods and antiques. Jan-Jun: Thur-Sun, 10am-5pm; Jul-Oct: Thur-Mon, 10am-5pm; Nov-Dec: 10am-5pm. d Jennifer Ann Charters c/o Rod N’ Reel, 4165 Mears Ave, Chesapeake Beach, 410-320-2517 www.jenniferanncharters.com Fishing charters and memorable adventures for young and old alike quarrying bluefish and stripers on the Chesapeake Bay; maximum charter size is 30. Apr-Jan. Drayden HISTORY & HERITAGE Drayden African-American Schoolhouse 18287 Cherryfield Rd, Drayden, 301-994-1471 www.visitstmarysmd.com/site/detail/drayden-african-american-schoolhouse One of the best-preserved schoolhouses (c. 1890) in the country sitting on its original site location and offering interpretive panels. By appointment only. Coltons Point ATTRACTIONS St. Clement’s Island Museum 38370 Point Breeze Rd, Coltons Point, 301-769-2222 www.visitstmarysmd.com/see-do/detail/ st.-clements-island-museum Nationally accredited museum about Maryland’s first colonial landing at St. Clement’s Island (1634) with Potomac River history and water taxi tours. Summer: Daily, 10am-5pm; Winter: Wed-Sun, 12N-4pm. d $ Callaway OUTDOOR RECREATION St. Mary’s River State Park Camp Cosoma Rd, Off MD Rt 5, Callaway, 301-872-5688 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/ stmarysriver.aspx State park with wildlife across a 250-acre lake, woodlands, fields, swamps and small streams as well as largemouth bass fishing and varied hunting. Year-round, sunrise-sunset. $ c Hollywood HISTORY & HERITAGE Sotterley Plantation 44300 Sotterley Ln, Hollywood, 301-373-2280, 1-800-681-0850 www.sotterley.org Mansion (1703) overlooking the Patuxent with an authentic 1800s slave cabin, Colonial Revival gardens, nature trails and historic buildings; NHL. Year-round self-guided tours: Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm; Sun, 12N-4pm; May 1-Oct 31: Guided tours; call for schedule. $ OUTDOOR RECREATION St. Clement’s Island State Park 38370 Point Breeze Rd, Coltons Point, 301-872-5688 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/ stclements.aspx Landing site of the first English settlers in Maryland (1634) at a 40-acre park with tours, fishing, hiking and new Blakistone Lighthouse. Year-round: sunrise-sunset; Tours: May-Sept. Chesapeake Beach HISTORY & HERITAGE The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum 4155 Mears Ave, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-3892 www.cbrm.org An 1898 railway station with exhibits on railway history, the boardwalk, steamboats and a historic local amusement park that once existed on the water. May-Sept: 1-4pm; Oct & Apr: Sat-Sun, 1-4pm; or by appointment. d OUTDOOR RECREATION Greenwell State Park 25450 Rosedale Manor Ln, Rt 245 to Steerhorn Neck Rd, Hollywood, 301-872-5688 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/ greenwell.aspx Home of Greenwell Foundation offering therapeutic riding programs designed for individuals with disabilities as well as hiking, canoeing and fishing. Year-round, sunrise-sunset. d $ c 136 ✥ VISITMARYLAND.ORG | 1-877-333-4455 KEY TO SYMBOLS d = Disability Accessible $ = Admission c = Maryland Green Travel Partner
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