MARYLAND

(does not include Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay, or Eastern Shore)

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Annapolis
Restaurants
●Miss Shirley’s – 1 Park Place; 410-268-5171; missshirleys.com; best Baltimore-area breakfast.
●Severn Inn – 1993 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard; 410-349-4000; severninn.com; beautiful views over Severn River and US Naval Academy.



DORCHESTER COUNTY
Cambridge
Hotels
●Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay – 100 Heron Boulevard; 410-901-1234 or 888-591-1234; chesapeakebay.hyatt.com; 400 room hotel, spa, and golf resort; views over Choptank River.
Sights & Sites
●Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge – 2145 Key Wallace Drive; 410-228-2677; fws.gov/blackwater.



FREDERICK COUNTY
Frederick
Restaurants
●Café Nola – 4 East Patrick Street; 301-694-6652; café-nola.com; uber-hip coffee shop.
●Tasting Room – 101 North Market Street; 240-379-7772; tastetr.com; seafood is specialty.
●Volt – 228 North Market Street; 301-696-8658; voltrestaurant.com; chef is from Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington D.C.; down-home dishes like pulled pork with fennel.
Shopping
●Cinegraphic Studios – 43A South Market Street; 301-228-3620; cinegraphicstudio.com; modern-day novelty shop specializing in bizarre items like Zombie Gelatin Mold.
●Firestone’s Market on Market – 109 North Market Street; 301-696-8586; firestonesrestaurant.com/marketonmarket.html; artisanal cheeses, Maryland-made salsa.
Sights & Sites
●Frederick Antiques Row – East Patrick Street.
●Larriland Farm – 2415 Woodbine Road, Woodbine; 410-442-2605; pickyourown.com; apple and strawberry picking.
●Monocacy National Battlefield – Visitor Center, 5201 Urbana Pike; 301-662-3515; nps.gov/mono.
●National Museum of Civil War Medicine – 48 East Patrick Street; 301-695-1864; civilwarmed.org.
●Potters’ Guild of Frederick – 227 North Market Street; pottersguildoffrederick.com.



HARFORD COUNTY
Bel Air
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
●Broom’s Bloom Dairy – 1700 South Fountain Green Road; 410-399-2697; bbdairy.com; homemade ice cream.



HOWARD COUNTY
Ellicott City
Shopping
●Out of Our Past Antiques – 8111 Main Street; 410-480-2970; outofourpastantiques.com; stately wooden pieces.
●Taylor’s Antique Mall – 8197 Main Street; 410-465-4444; taylorsantiquesmall.com; 4 floors of pop collectibles and crafts.
Sights & Sites
●Patapsco Valley State Park – 8020 Baltimore National Pike; 410-461-5005; dnr2.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/central/patapsco.aspx; extends along 32 miles of Patapsco River, encompassing 16K acres & 8 developed recreational areas; nationally known for trail opportunities & scenery; 170 miles of trails, with 70 of those miles identified as maintained; lovely waterfall.



KENT COUNTY
Chestertown
Hotels
●Brampton Bed & Breakfast – 25227 Chestertown Road; 410-778-1860 or 866-305-1860; bramptoninn.com; gracious porch wraps around huge 19th Century plantation house in rolling fields outside Chestertown; 7 rooms and 5 cottages.

Rock Hall
Restaurants
●Waterman’s Crab House – 21055 Sharp Street; 410-639-2261; watermanscrabhouse.com.



MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Bethesda
Restaurants
●Vace – 4705 Miller Avenue; 301-654-6367; vaceitaliandeli.com; Italian deli food.
Sights & Sites
●Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda Naval Hospital) – 8901 Rockville Pike; 301-295-4000 or 800-526-7101; wrnmmc.capmed.mil/SitePages/home.aspx; tower designed by Paul Cret.



TALBOT COUNTY
Easton
Sights & Sites
●Academy Art Gallery – 106 South Street; 410-822-2787; academyartmuseum.org; works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters.

Oxford
Restaurants
●Schooners – 314 Tilghman Street; 410-226-0160; schoonersonthecreek.com.

Wye Mills
Restaurants
●Wye Mills Country Store – 1414 Old Wye Mills Road; 410-827-8188.



SOMMERSET COUNTY
Tylerton
Hotels
●Inn of Silent Music – 2955 Tylerton Road; 410-425-3541; innofsilentmusic.com; charming and relaxing 3 bedroom waterfront location on Smith Island.
Restaurants
●Drum Point Market – 21162 Center Street; 410-425-2108.



WASHINGTON COUNTY
Hancock
Sights & Sites
●Sideling Hill Road Cut – I-68 (at Mile Marker 74); fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/back0210.cfm; 100 meter deep notch excavated from Sideling Hill ridge, about 7 miles west of Hancock; notable as impressive man-made mountain pass, visible from miles away; considered among best rock exposures in entire northeastern US; almost 810' of strata in tightly folded syncline are exposed; highway rest stop, located near eastern side of Sideling Hill Road Cut on I-68 includes pedestrian bridge crossing; many geological exhibits displayed at Hancock Museum in nearby Hancock.

Sharpsburg
Sights & Sites
●Antietam National Battlefield – 5831 Dunker Church Road; 301-432-5124; nps.gov/ancm/index.htm; protected area along Antietam Creek in northwestern Maryland, commemorating Civil War battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862; battlefield site and visitor center, national military cemetery, stone arch Burnside’s Bridge, and field hospital museum.



WORCESTER COUNTY
Ocean City
Bars & Nightclubs
●Seacrets – 117 49^th Street; 410-524-4900; seacrets.com; very low key but cool place; sit in tubs and at tables that actually are in water.
Restaurants
●Seacrets – 117 49^th Street; 410-524-4900; seacrets.com; very low key but cool place; sit in tubs and at tables that actually are in water; also, bayfront dining.