Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway

State: Maryland
Length: 85.5 mi / 137.6 km
Time to Allow: 2.5 hours to drive, 2-3 days to visit the entire byway.

Celebrate life on the Chesapeake Bay. Observe watermen bringing their bounty to shore, visit historic towns, and travel through scenic stretches of productive farmland. See the truly special landscape of the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain an appreciation for the working life of Maryland's Eastern Shore farmers, watermen, and merchants.

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• Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Overview - Come Closer!
  

  Come closer! Chesapeake Country is small town America at its best! Steeped in early colonial history, crossroad communities, rural farmland,...

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• Chesapeake Country Byway Boating
  

  Raise the sails, rev the motor, or pick up a paddle to discover boating bliss on Maryland’s Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway. Celebrate boating in...

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• 1-Day Trip: History, Water and Wildlife along Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
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  The activities along this byway are so varied and abundant, this itinerary is just a sampling of the kinds of things you can do as you travel the... [more]

• 2-Day Trip: Birding The Byway Itinerary
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  Chesapeake Country lies along the migratory corridor known as the Atlantic Flyway. It is well known for its migratory long-legged waders, geese,... [more]

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