Cambridge MD Maryland
38
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American Cruise Lines (38 Cruises)
American Glory
8 Cruises
American Legend
24 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
Right beside the old town centre, on the Choptank River, on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. Small river and coastal cruise ships tie up close enough that everything is done on foot, with no shuttle and no queue.
Yes, entirely. High Street, the brick street lined with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century homes, takes about ten minutes to walk from top to waterfront.
Walk up High Street to Christ Church and the courthouse, come back to the historic Long Wharf and its lighthouse replica, then visit the Harriet Tubman museum in the heart of the old quarter.
Because she was born into slavery in Dorchester County before becoming the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. A museum and interpretive centre is devoted to her in town, and murals honour her on several building walls.
A replica of a hexagonal screwpile lighthouse typical of Chesapeake Bay, rebuilt on the very spot where its predecessor stood in the early twentieth century. It is the photographers' gathering point at sunset.
It dates from 1684, making it one of Maryland's oldest colonial towns. Governors, judges, captains and merchants built the residences that still line High Street.
Yes, at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a short drive from town. This vast patchwork of salt marsh and low forest hosts bald eagles, ospreys and flights of geese, viewable from a scenic drive and flat trails.
In the downtown restaurants, which prepare blue crab by Chesapeake recipes. Oysters, crabs and fish once passed through the town's canneries; that heritage still shows up on the table.
US dollars and English. Cards are accepted everywhere; keep cash for small shops and tipping.
Spring and fall. Chesapeake summers are hot, humid and mosquito-friendly in the marshes; fall brings the best bird flights at Blackwater.
