Travel, Recreation and Culture
Find out where to go and what to know about the Chesapeake Bay region.
Breaking down the Chesapeake’s many diverse natural and historic sites
January 15, 2025No matter the designation, there’s plenty of places to get outside in the watershed
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Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2024
December 24, 2024Visions of what’s at stake in the restoration effort
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Six Chesapeake traditions to enjoy during the holidays
December 13, 2024Lighted boat parades, crab basket trees and more!
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Six sites throughout the watershed that honor lands once occupied by Indigenous tribes
November 27, 2024Original inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay watershed remembered through their ancestral lands
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Chesapeake hikes that take my breath away–literally
November 17, 2024A guided hike is held as part of the annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum at Bacon Ridge Natural Area in Crownsville, Md., on Nov. 2, 2021. Earl "Bud" Reaves, a forester with Anne Arundel County, helped point out unique features of the biodiversity and landscape of Bacon Ridge. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Five Hispanic leaders fighting for cleaner water in D.C. and beyond
October 16, 2024Hispanic leaders working within the Chesapeake Bay region are diversifying the environmental industry
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The colorful trout that pass through Passage Creek
October 2, 2024The 38-mile-long Passage Creek weaves in and out of a sheltered part of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
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Bohemia River and its ties to a famous Chesapeake Bay mapmaker
September 11, 2024The Bohemia River meanders through Md. and Del. before flowing to the Elk River.
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Muddy Creek is a hidden gem home to fly fishing, hiking, tubing and more
August 19, 2024Muddy Creek meets the Susquehanna River north of the Conowingo Dam, shortly before it flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Out of 123 Chesapeake Bay beaches—here are six not to miss
July 11, 2024A pandemic project turns into a personal journey to discover the Chesapeake
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