Chesapeake Bay

Over 41 million acres are connected through the waters that flow to and through Chesapeake Bay. The National Park Service strives to connect people to the opportunities and adventures throughout the watershed. Inspiring stewardship across this vast region supports recreation, business, tourism, learning, and a thriving natural resource for all to enjoy.

What you’ll hear

90 places to explore in this park.

• 1710 Tavern
• Aberdeen B&O Train Station
• Anacostia Trails Heritage Area
• Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Visitor Center
• Annapolis City Dock
• Annapolis Hospital
• Annapolis Sailing Cruise: Schooner Woodwind
• Asbury Methodist Church
• Baltimore National Heritage Area
• Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum
• Beach to Bay Heritage Area
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
• BLISS Meadows
• Bordley History Center
• Butler and Maynard Burgess Homes
• Captain Avery Museum
• Chesapeake Children's Museum
• Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area
• Chesapeake Heritage & Visitors Center
• Climbers Run Nature Center
• Conestoga River Water Trail
• Corner of East Street and Prince George Street
• Dogwood Harbor
• Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
• Essex County Museum & Historical Society
• Essex Inn at Tappahannock
• Fire Museum of Maryland
• Friends of the Chemung River Watershed
• Furnace Town Historic Site
• Graw Alley Art Park
• Guardians of the First Amendment Memorial
• Handsell
• Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Campus
• Harriet Tubman Center for Cultural and Educational Advancement
• Havre de Grace Decoy Museum
• Hogshead Trades Museum
• James River National Wildlife Refuge
• J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum
• John Shaw House
• Jonas and Anne Catharine Green House
• Lawrence Wetlands Preserve
• Lawyer's Mall
• Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway
• Marshy Point Park and Nature Center
• Maryland Avenue
• Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
• Maryland State House
• Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership
• Menokin
• Museum of Historic Annapolis
• Nause-Waiwash Longhouse
• New York Susquehanna Basin Water Trail
• Old Fourth Ward and People’s Park
• Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area
• Patuxent Research Refuge
• Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park
• Pinkney Street
• Pride of Baltimore II
• Richardson Maritime Museum
• Ridgely Memorial Railroad Park
• Rodgers Tavern Museum
• Rosewell Ruin and Visitor Center
• Sail Selina II
• Sandy Spring Museum
• Schooner SULTANA
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• St. Anne's Church
• St. Clement’s Island Museum
• Steamboat Era Museum
• St. John's College
• St. Mary’s Church and the Carroll House
• Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area
• Stratford Hall Historic Preserve
• Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House
• Tappahannock Artists' Guild & Gallery
• The Howard County Conservancy, Mt. Pleasant Farmstead
• The Mariners’ Museum and Park
• The Packing House
• The Robins Nature Center at Maymont
• Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse
• Trap Pond State Park
• United States Naval Academy: John Barry Gate
• Upper Bay Museum
• Varina LandLab Conservation Area
• Ward Brothers Workshop 
• Watermark Annapolis
• Watermark Baltimore
• William Paca House and Garden
• Williams Wharf Landing
• Woodend Nature Sanctuary