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is the Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area, the 

 largest parcel of publicly owned tidal wetlands in 

 the state. With its miles of meandering creeks, marsh 

 grass habitats, secluded ponds and islands of loblolly 

 pine, Fishing Bay has become known as Maryland's 

 Everglades. 



Among the county's 

 historical attractions is the 

 Harriet Tubman Museum 

 and Education Center, 

 part of the Underground 

 Railroad Trail, a 

 Maryland Scenic Byway 



Right: Cunningham 

 Falls State Park is 



known for its history 

 and scenic beauty, 

 as well as its 78-foot 

 cascading waterfall; 

 far right: Lobster pots in 

 Rock Hall Harbor 



Frederick County 



FREDERICK COUNTY, THE GATEWAY TO 

 western Maryland, invites you to 

 historic battlegrounds, scenic rivers 

 and mountains, and fabled trails. At the 

 heart of the county are the "clustered 

 spires" of historic Frederick. To the west 

 are the Blue Ridge Mountains and the 

 Appalachian Trail; to the north lie the 

 Catoctin Mountains; and to the southwest 

 are roaring stretches of the Potomac. 



Nestled in the Catoctin Mountains are 

 Catoctin Mountain National Park and the 

 adjacent Cunningham Falls State Park, 

 where fall foliage is at its most dazzling in 

 early to mid-October. Cunningham Falls 

 cascade into the waters below from a height 

 of 78 feet. The park trails range from a 

 short wheelchair-accessible trail to the falls 

 to the strenuous 27-mile Catoctin Trail. 



A popular place to begin exploring 

 the Appalachian Trail, as it winds over 

 South Mountain, is at South Mountain 

 State Park or at nearby Gathland 

 State Park, where you can also 

 absorb Civil War history at the South 

 Mountain State Battlefield. Follow the 

 trail southward, and you'll come to the 

 Potomac and the scenic C&O Canal, 

 whose towpath, now a national park, has 

 become a favorite birding and biking trail. 



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Kent County 



ENT COUNTY'S SCENIC ROADWAYS AND 

 waterways invite bicyclists and kayakers as well as drivers 

 and boaters to explore its pastoral countryside, historic 

 towns and important wildlife refuges. Many of the two-lane 

 roads that wind through this tidewater county along the upper 

 eastern neck of the Chesapeake Bay have been included in 

 Maryland's first National Scenic Byway. Kent County's portion 

 of the byway includes the routes from the Chester River Bridge 

 to Georgetown and the Sassafras River, from Chestertown to 

 Rock Hall, and from Rock Hall to the Eastern Neck National 

 Wildlife Refuge. Stop in Chestertown to stroll and shop its 

 historic downtown, just named a Maryland Main Street. The 

 town's annual Heritage House Tour is October 4th. 



Free information visit www.fredericktonrism.org 

 or call (800) 999-3613 



