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Solomons Island, Maryland

(a QuaintVillage)

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Location

On the Chesapeake Bay.
At the mouth of the Patuxent River
Area road map Tourist map

Population

About 1,600

Sculpture garden (free admission)

Gallery shows Saturday and Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 410-326-4640

Calvert Marine Museum

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Museum includes Drum Point Lighthouse
Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 410-326-2042

Historic Sotterley Plantation (nearby)

www.sotterley.com 800-681-0850

Historic St. Marys City nearby (living history museum)

Includes recreated 1630s ship
Fourth permanent English settlement in

North America

www.smcm.edu/hsmc 301-862-0990

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

In nearby Port Republic MD
April 15 - October 15
Wednesday - Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Free admission

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (nearby)

Tuesday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Free admission, 301-863-7418

Piney Point Lighthouse Museum (nearby)

Weekends May - October, noon - 5:00 p.m.

St. Clement's Island Potomac River Museum (nearby)

"Where Maryland began"

Includes Little Red Schoolhouse and

water taxi to island

Other features

Antique shops
Art gallery
Bed and breakfast inns
Boat rentals and harbor tours
Campgrounds and RV parks nearby

Check Woodall's guide

Fine crafts and collectibles shops (a few)
Hotels and vacation rentals in this area

Advantage Rate

Family Vacation Rentals

Marinas
One-room schoolhouse

June-August, Sundays 2-4 pm, free admission

Restaurants
Tourist map
Visitor Information Center

Hours

A few shops open late and on Sundays

Festivals

October: Oyster Festival (third weekend in October)

Fairground in Leonardstown

Recommended stay

1-2 days

Tourist information

Calvert County Dept of Economic Development

www.co.cal.md.us/cced 800-331-9771

St. Mary's County

www.stmaryschamber.org 301-884-5555

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