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Play.

SoMD’s unique topography means that you’ll
find a wide variety of leisure activities.

Its many access points on the Patuxent River, Potomac
River, and Chesapeake Bay afford water-based recreation
such as fishing, crabbing, swimming, and boating. The Along with its many historical places, like St. Mary’s City,
many trail heads throughout the area offer hikes for Maryland’s first settlement and capital, SoMD offers
all age and fitness levels, cycling, and the opportunity numerous parks, cultural and sporting venues, dining,
to observe wildlife. Additionally, a wide variety of shopping, and recreational opportunities. The SoMD
recreational sports leagues such as baseball, softball, area also boasts many local festivities and annual events
basketball, soccer, and more are available to residents. such as the Oyster Festival and Blessing-of-the-Fleet in
Jam-packed with history, the region offers Civil War buffs St. Mary’s; Calvert’s Children’s Day on the Farm and the
ready access to historically significant places like Point Celtic Festival at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum; and
Lookout State Park and its Civil War Museum. Or plan a Charles County’s summertime Artsfest and Oktoberfest
visit to St. Catherine in Waldorf, Md., also known as Dr. & Folk Festival every fall. For every weekend on the
Samuel A. Mudd House, the two-story dwelling where calendar, you can find a fun, educational, or interesting
Dr. Mudd famously treated John Wilkes Booth after his place to be.
assassination of President Lincoln.

In Charles County, try visiting: In Calvert County, you can see:
» Serenity Farm African-American » Solomons Island/Calvert Marine
Cemetery Museum (and outdoor concert venue!)
» Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Baseball » Flag Pond Nature Park and Calvert Cliffs
at Regency Furniture Stadium State Park
» Charlotte Hall Farmers Market and » Cove Point Lighthouse
Auction » Chesapeake Beach Water Park
» Mount Carmel Monastery
» Sky Zone Trampoline Park And if you’re in St. Mary’s County:
» Swan Point Yacht & Country Club » Historic St. Mary’s City

» Mattawoman Creek Art Center
» Greenwell State Park
» Goosebay Marina and Campground
» Port of Leonardtown Winery
» Sotterly Plantation
» Drayden African-American Schoolhouse

Tri-County area schools For you and/or your college-bound children, SoMD
also offers affordable undergraduate options at the
Check out the tri-county area schools
to learn more about where your child area’s local community colleges—including a recently
will thrive: expanded College of Southern Maryland (part of the
University of Maryland System)—as well as nearby
» Calvert County Public Schools access to St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Maryland’s first
» Charles County Public Schools Honors College, located in picturesque and historic St.
Mary’s City. Additionally, the Southern Maryland Higher
» St. Mary’s County Public Schools
Education Center, located in California, Md., houses
10 different colleges, offering Bachelors, Masters, and
Doctorate degrees.