MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

WATERWAYS

BAYS

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)

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• 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

• Blue Bay
• Goose Bay
• Mallows Bay
• Wades Bay

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

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.

• 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

• Ellis Bay
• Monie Bay
• Moons Bay

WORCESTER COUNTY

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.

• 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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