- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
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Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)Map of the United States
Location Chesapeake Bay shoreline Nearest city Annapolis, Maryland Coordinates 37°19′20″N 76°15′12″W / 37.32212°N 76.25336°WCoordinates: 37°19′20″N 76°15′12″W / 37.32212°N 76.25336°W Established 1998 Governing body National Park Service The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network is a unit of the National Park Service and a system of over 150 parks, refuges, museums, historic communities and water trails in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It is an estuary stretching from southernmost Virginia to northernmost Maryland, a distance of 180 miles.
References
- Chesapeake Bay Office. National Park Service website.
- Bay Info. Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network.
- Maryland Parks and Recreation Areas with State Park. parksandcampgrounds.com.
Protected Areas of Maryland Federal Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna RiverAppalachian Trail • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail •
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail • Star-Spangled Banner National Historic TrailAssateague Island National Seashore • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveState Assateague • Big Run • Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wye Oak
Cedarville • Chesapeake • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Wicomico
Avondale • Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cedar Point • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Frederick City Watershed • Grove Farm • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Islands of the Potomac • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Old Bohemia • Pocomoke River • Prather’s Neck • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington
Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp
County and
MunicipalParks & SanctuariesAcorn Park • Clifton Park • Constitution Park • Fort Smallwood Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial ParkNon-governmental Parks & SanctuariesBattle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest Service Categories:- IUCN Category V
- United States National Park Service areas in Maryland
- United States National Park Service areas in Virginia
- Protected areas of Maryland
- Protected areas of Virginia
- Maryland stubs
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