The Bay’s Natural Beauty A Gateway to Serenity & Relaxation At nearly 200 miles long, the Bay is the nation’s largest estuary and an ideal spot for relaxing amid natural splendor. Its serene waters, shores and marshes are home to 3,000-plus species of plants and animals. At the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville , stroll trails or paddle peaceful waters as green-winged teals take flight, river otters dive and terrapins lumber. At Janes Island State Park near Crisfield , lose yourself in the beauty of 30-plus miles of water trails that carve through saltmarshes and offer sweeping Bay views. Calvert Cliffs State Park near Lusby offers 13 miles of tranquil trails that weave through tidal marshlands, along sandy shores and in sight of its renowned fossil-rich cliffs. Hugged by the Bay’s waters and far from bustling cities, Rock Hall ’s Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge is known for snowy tundra swans, nesting bald eagles and a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Elk Neck State Park near North East boasts miles of trails that wind past colorful fungi, through the rustling leaves of quiet woodlands and to a bluff where Turkey Point Lighthouse sits. Other Bay beauties include Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge ( Cambridge ), Terrapin Nature Park ( Stevensville ) and Flag Ponds Nature Park ( Lusby ). 10 MARYLAND’S GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY LOOP GETAWAY GUIDE Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
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