Byways Road Trips Chesapeake Country History, heritage, shopping, wildlife and succulent seafood dinners await on this shore-hugging adventure. Make your way down country roads, through small watermen’s villages and along routes that skim the edge of the Chesapeake Bay. This byway also contains 11 nautical miles, making it all the more unique. Chesapeake City 419 miles from Chesapeake City to Crisfield Chestertown Rock Hall Stevensville Grasonville Denton St. Michaels Easton Tilghman Island Cambridge Salisbury Princess Anne Smith Island Crisfield C&D Canal Museum and Ben Cardin C&D Canal Trail Chesapeake City Tour this museum to learn about the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal before taking a walk or bike ride along the route that saved shippers 286 miles of travel. Mount Harmon Plantation Earleville The buildings at this tidewater plantation home have been painstakingly preserved to promote education on life during the late 1700s to early 1900s. Once a profitable tobacco exporter, Mount Harmon’s prosperity was possible due to the forced labor of enslaved people. Learn about their stories, working conditions and more on a historical tour of the property May through October. Crab Claw Restaurant/Jalan VanLowe Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center Grasonville Rent a kayak and take to the marshy waters to spot the likes of otters, water snakes and stingrays. Night paddles, stargazing events and kids’ programs add to the adventure. The Crab Claw Restaurant 48 DESTINATION MARYLAND
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