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template: byway.jade
id: "2261"
name: Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
distance: "85.5"
duration: "Two to three hours to drive, two to three days to visit the entire byway"
description: "Celebrate life on the Chesapeake Bay. Observe watermen bringing their bounty to shore, visit historic towns, and travel through scenic stretches of productive farmland. See the truly special landscape of the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain an appreciation for the working life of Maryland's Eastern Shore farmers, watermen, and merchants."
contact: "**Chesapeake Country National Scenic Byway Alliance**  \r\n 410-438-3679  \r\n\r\n**[Kent County Tourism Development Office](http://www.kentcounty.com/visitor/index.htm)**     \r\n400 High Street            \r\nChestertown, MD 21620                  \r\n410-778-0416                                  \r\n[Send Email](mailto:tourism@kentcounty.com)\r\n\r\n**[Queen Anne's County Office of Tourism](http://www.discoverqueenannes.com)**  \r\n 410-604-2100  \r\n 888-400-7787 "
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.seececil.org/"
    name: Cecil County Tourism
  - url: "http://www.townofcentreville.org/"
    name: "Centreville, Maryland"
  - url: "http://www.bayrestoration.org/"
    name: Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
  - url: "http://www.baygateways.net/"
    name: The Chesapeake Bay Gateway Network
  - url: "http://www.chesapeakebyway.org/"
    name: Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/ChesapeakeDelawareCanal/CanalHistory.aspx"
    name: "Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Museum"
  - url: "http://www2.dupont.com/Production_Agriculture/en_US/knowledge_center/ChesapeakeFarms.html"
    name: Chesapeake Farms Wildlife Habitat
  - url: "http://www.chestertownteaparty.com/"
    name: The Chestertown Tea Party
  - url: "http://www.churchhilltheatre.org"
    name: Church Hill Theatre
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/"
    name: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.eslc.org"
    name: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
  - url: "http://www.chesapeakecity.com"
    name: Historic Chesapeake City
  - url: "http://www.historicqac.org"
    name: Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne’s County
  - url: "http://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/history-on-the-waterfront.php"
    name: History on the Waterfront Tour
  - url: "http://www.kentcounty.com/"
    name: Kent County Office of Tourism
  - url: "http://www.princetheatre.org/"
    name: Prince Theatre
  - url: "http://www.qac.org/default.aspx?pageid=76&template=3&toplevel=34"
    name: "Queen Anne's County Office of Tourism"
  - url: "http://www.rockhallmd.com"
    name: "Rock Hall, Maryland"
  - url: "http://www.schoonersultana.org/schoonersultana.htm"
    name: The Schooner Sultana
  - url: "http://www.storiesofthechesapeake.org/"
    name: Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area
  - url: "http://www.queenstown-md.com/"
    name: Town of Queenstown
  - url: "http://www.uppershoreregionalcouncil.org/"
    name: Upper Shore Regional Council
  - url: "http://www.washcoll.edu"
    name: Washington College
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Maryland State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - MD
ll: 
  - -76.31622300019131
  - 38.979960999900186
bounds: 
  - - -76.31622300019131
    - 38.95835900016772
  - - -75.813848
    - 39.529247

---

Celebrate life on the Chesapeake Bay. Observe watermen bringing their bounty to shore, visit historic towns, and travel through scenic stretches of productive farmland. See the truly special landscape of the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain an appreciation for the working life of Maryland's Eastern Shore farmers, watermen, and merchants.