Chesapeake Bay Maryland Travel Information
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S. Surrounded
by Virginia and Maryland, the bay has more than 150 rivers and streams
flowing into it, including the Potomac, the Susquehanna and the
Patuxent. The bay is 180 miles long and between five to thirty miles
wide in certain parts. A large portion of the bay is quite shallow.
On average, the depth of the bay is less than 30 feet. The
Chesapeake Bay is famous for its rockfish (also know as striped bass),
blue crabs, clams, oysters and is considered the country’s best source
of eel. While the bay is less productive than it used to be, it still
yields more fish and shellfish than any other estuary in the United
States. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, also known as the Bay Bridge,
connects the Eastern and Western Shore regions of Maryland. The
bridge allows much easier access from the Baltimore-Washington
Metropolitan Area to areas such as Ocean City and neighboring
Delaware. The bridge does require a toll for heading eastbound so be
sure to have a few dollars on hand. The bay separates Maryland’s
central and eastern regions
and borders Baltimore and Annapolis. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean
at its southern base.
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