Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area, Dorchester County

 

At the Heart of the Eastern Shore, Dorchester County offers unsurpassed opportunities to experience a most beautiful and unique part of Maryland. With its pristine rivers, marshlands, working boats, quaint waterfront towns, and villages among fertile farm fields…much still exists of the authentic eastern shore landscape and traditional way of life along the Chesapeake.

 

You’ll find an abundance of compelling stories, historic figures, significant buildings, and distinctive traditions, industries and unparalleled natural resources that date back to the 1600’s in the Heart of Chesapeake Country.

 

 

Indulge yourself in our Bay-utiful Heritage  

Historic, scenic and ghost tours

Guided and self-guided driving, biking and walking tours

plus sail and riverboat cruises or paddling excursions

New Underground Railroad Scenic Byway Guide 

 

Variety of unique museums featuring many aspects of Dorchester’s rich heritage

including maritime, industrial, rural life, historic plantations, heroines

like Harriet Tubman, and other notable former residents like Annie Oakley

 

Rural landscapes and breathtaking sunsets with an abundance of outdoor

adventure, wildlife, recreation and relaxation

 

Quaint waterfront villages with active working watermen crabbing, fishing

and oystering, plus Maryland blue crab picking and packing houses

 

Historic districts and communities dating back to the 1600’s like East New

Market, Vienna, High Street and Water Street in Cambridge, and the Spocott Windmill Complex.

 

Festivals held year round; exciting and interesting special events that focus on

Maritime, Native American, African-American and Rural Life along the Chesapeake.

 

Come enjoy the special character of the Heart of Chesapeake Country from the Native American heritage, the early life of Harriet Tubman and the arrival of European settlers that developed trade of agricultural products and utilized the waterfront to stimulate seaport economy, and more. The diversity of our historic sites, natural beauty, traditions and culture have a unique appeal for you to explore.

 

More detailed information is available at www.tourchesapeakecountry.com

Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area                                                                        

410.228.1000                                                                                                                  

800.522.TOUR

 

A Preserve America Community 2004

 

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