Travel Information for Maryland Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near a Maryland attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, a Maryland state park, this is where you will find it.
MARYLAND is the perfect place for a family vacation: acclaimed zoos and aquariums, a hiking adventure in a state park, a family sailing course on the Chesapeake Bay, or a chance to step back in time at any of its many historic attractions: colorful bugle “trailblazer” signs of Maryland’s Civil War Trails and inspirational monuments and cultural museums of importance in African-American history. You can go fishing for blue marlin, brook trout, smallmouth bass or striped bass. There are picturesque mountains perfect for hiking and white-water rafting, lakes for skiers and tubers, serene pastures that are home to Maryland’s thoroughbred horses, old mills and farms, and waterside villages that are havens for boaters and history buffs alike.
The State capital ANNAPOLIS has more 18th-century buildings than any other city in the United States; attractions include the Historic Annapolis Foundation, the Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History, and the US Naval Academy's museum; the 13-mile Baltimore & Annapolis Trail leads visitors through forests, farmlands and urban neighborhoods.
BALTIMORE has several major tourist attractions like the B & O Railroad Museum, the sailing sloop USS Constellation, built in 1854, and the late 18th-century star-shaped Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine; other attractions include the Babe Ruth Museum, the Baltimore Maritime Museum, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore; the heart of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Harborplace & The Gallery, has a mix of shops, restaurants and entertainment; there are over 140 thoroughbred horse farms located throughout the rolling countryside of Baltimore County. Nearby at ELLICOTT CITY in Howard County the history of the men and women who built the railroad can be found at B&O Railroad Station Museum.
The 1684 port town and county seat of Dorchester County, CAMBRIDGE has many historic homes, buildings and museums including The Brannock Maritime Museum; The Underground Railroad conductor, Harriet Tubman, is celebrated at The Underground Railroad: Harriet Tubman Museum.
Here in CALVERT CLIFFS prehistoric sharks' teeth and other fossils are found along the shoreline; nearby, in Solomons, examples of the prehistoric creatures can be found at the Calvert Marine Museum.
The county courthouse in CENTREVILLE, the county seat of Queen Anne's County, is the oldest 18th-century courthouse still in use in Maryland.
On Chesapeake Bay, CHESAPEAKE BEACH has a beach water park, and a railway museum. In the heart of Cecil County, CHESAPEAKE CITY is known for its horse farms, historic churches and taverns, and miles of waterways; Chesapeake City is home to the C&D Canal Museum.
CHESTERTOWN, the county seat of Kent County, is famous for the historic homes lining the waterfront, and for the wildlife in the nearby Chesapeake Farms refuge.
CRISFIELD in Somerset County is known as "The Crab Capital of the World".
By taking a short boat trip to the St. Clement's Island-Potomac River Museum, visitors to COLTON'S POINT in St. Marys County in Southern can learn about the achievements of the English settlers who came to Maryland.
At CUMBERLAND in Allegany County in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad takes visitors on a scenic 1916 steam locomotive journey; just west of Cumberland at Frostburg the Thrasher Carriage Museum has a collection of horse drawn vehicles; the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is near Cumberland on the Potomac River.
The county seat of Talbot County, EASTON is home to the Third Haven Meeting House, probably the oldest church building in the country; to the west at St. Michaels the history of the Bay and of the County is featured at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Most people who visit Easton also go to OXFORD, dating back to 1683, the perfect setting for a walk along the beach, a boating excursion, and Tilghman Island with great restaurants, skipjack cruises, waterside accommodations, and the biggest one-marina charter fleet in Maryland.
In Frederick County, one of FREDERICK's main attractions is the National Museum of Civil War Medicine; the Presidential retreat, Camp David is nearby in Catoctin Mountain Park at Thurmont.
GRANTSVILLE is the gateway to Garrett County; South of Granstville is Deep Creek Lake which welcomes boaters and water skiers.
In Washington County in Western Maryland HAGERSTOWN was at the Crossroads of the Civil War; it has many railway attractions including the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum; south of Hagerstown is The Antietam National Battlefield, Civil War site of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history; west of Hagerstown, the Fort Frederick State Park is the restored site of Maryland's frontier defense during the French and Indian War.
Located in Harford County in Central Maryland, HAVRE DE GRACE has a long maritime history as the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum shows; the Decoy Museum houses a collection of working and decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys.
For a Six Flags America amusement park go to MITCHELLVILLE. OCEAN CITY, a year-round resort on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, has 10 miles of beaches, a boardwalk, and amusement parks like Jolly Roger, Frontier Town and Planet Maze and Laser Storm; Assateague Island National Seashore, a 37-mile long barrier island, is south of Ocean City.
Visitors to PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY in Maryland’s Capital Region can learn about space travel at the Goddard Space Flight Center, the hub of NASA's tracking operations, and about farming at the Accokeek Foundation's colonial tobacco plantation and the National Colonial Farm Museum.
The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in LAUREL conducts important research on endangered species, and the College Park Aviation Museum is located at College Park Airport, the world's oldest continuously operating airport.
The family theme park Six Flags America is at LARGO.
The main attraction in ROCK HALL in Kent County, is the Waterman's Museum with exhibits on oystering, crabbing and fishing.
St. MARY'S CITY, the state’s original 17th-century capital, is now called Historic St. Mary’s City and is preserved as a living history museum; south of St. Mary’s is Point Lookout State Park where the mouth of the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
The largest city on the Eastern Shore, and country seat of Wicomico County, SALISBURY’s attractions include the Wicomico Heritage Center and the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art.
In SILVER SPRING, Montgomery County, one of DC Washington’s Maryland “bedroom” communities, the National Capital Trolley Museum has antique streetcars from the U.S. and Europe; visitors can ride a mule-drawn canal boat along the 19th century C&O Canal.
Worcester’s county seat, SNOW HILL’s attractions include the Julia A. Purnell Museum, and the nearby Pocomoke River State Park.
Located in Charles County in Southern Maryland, WALDORF is home to the Maryland Indian Cultural Center.
Located in Central Maryland, the Carroll County Farm Museum in WESTMINSTER explores the agricultural history of Carroll County with its 1800s farmhouse and the Union Mills Homestead and Grist Mill; the museums of the Historical Society of Carroll County include historic houses, a 19th-century garden and a research library.
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