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MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

WATERWAYS

BAYS

[photo, Boats at Bayridge on Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland]
  • Chesapeake Bay (name derived from the Algonquian language)
  • Maryland Bays (by county)


    • Boats at Bayridge on Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland (Chesapeake Bay Bridge in background), August 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    MARYLAND BAYS
    (by county)

    [photo, Sailboat, Little Round Bay, Crownsville, Maryland]     ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
    • Glebe Bay
    • Herring Bay
    • Jug Bay
    • Little Round Bay
    • Round Bay
    • Selby Bay
    • Sillery Bay
    • Westinghouse Bay

    BALTIMORE CITY

    • Curtis Bay (from tract "Curtis Neck" patented 1663)


    Sailboat, Little Round Bay, Crownsville, Maryland, September 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    BALTIMORE COUNTY

    • Old Road Bay

    CALVERT COUNTY

    • Jack Bay

    CECIL COUNTY

    • Furnace Bay

    CHARLES COUNTY

    DORCHESTER COUNTY

    • Brannock Bay (named for Brannock family)
    • Fishing Bay
    • Great Bay
    • Hambrooks Bay
    • Holland Bay
    • LeCompte Bay (named for Anthony LeCompte (c.1620-1673), a Huguenot)
    • Madison Bay
    • Tar Bay
    • Trippe Bay (named for Henry Trippe (1632-1698))

    KENT COUNTY

    • Langford Bay

    QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

    • Crab Alley Bay
    • Eastern Bay
    • Prospect Bay

    ST. MARY'S COUNTY

    [photo, Breton Bay in distance, view from Society Hill Road, Leonardtown, Maryland]
  • Breton Bay
  • Calvert Bay
  • Chaptico Bay
  • Malone Bay
  • Rawley Bay
  • St. Clements Bay

    • Breton Bay in distance, Society Hill Road, Leonardtown, Maryland, April 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    SOMERSET COUNTY
    • Annemessex Bay (from Algonquian (Powhatan) word meaning "it rushes beneath [the bank]")
    • Monie Bay
    • Moons Bay

    TALBOT COUNTY

    • Dickinson Bay
    • Eastern Bay
    • Ferry Bay
    • Shaw Bay

    WICOMICO COUNTY

    WORCESTER COUNTY

    [photo, Isle of Wight Bay (Worcester County), Maryland]
  • Assateague Bay
  • Assawoman Bay
  • Brockatonorton Bay
  • Chincoteague Bay (from Algonquian words meaning "large stream or inlet")
  • Horntown Bay
  • Isle of Wight Bay
  • Johnson Bay

    • Isle of Wight Bay (Worcester County), Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

    [photo, Sinepuxent Bay (Worcester County), Maryland]
    • Martin Bay
    • Newport Bay (named for Christopher Newport (1561-1617))
    • Orchard Creek Bay
    • Parker Bay
    • Pope Bay
    • Purnell Bay
    • Sinepuxent Bay

    Sinepuxent Bay (Worcester County), Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

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