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Solomons Island, Maryland
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Location
On the Chesapeake Bay.
At the mouth of the Patuxent River
Area
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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
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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