Guidebook for Calvert
Drinks & Nightlife
The Tiki Bar
85 Charles StIts a whole in the wall, small and a place to play pool and drink
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The Tavern
4975 St Leonard RdIts a whole in the wall, small and a place to play pool and drink
The Bucket Sports Bar
12020 Rousby Hall RoadIsaac’s Restaurant & Pub
155 Holiday DrLocated within the Holiday Inn
Neptune's Seafood Pub serves original culinary creations as well as the best in hamburgers, steaks and salads. Conveniently located in North Beach, Neptune's offers the best in town if you are looking for a quick lunch or a full sit-down dinner.
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Neptune's Seafood Pub
8802 Chesapeake AveNeptune's Seafood Pub serves original culinary creations as well as the best in hamburgers, steaks and salads. Conveniently located in North Beach, Neptune's offers the best in town if you are looking for a quick lunch or a full sit-down dinner.
Green Door Tavern
18098 Point Lookout RdToots Bar
23971 Mervell Dean RdThe Pax Lounge
28275 Point Lookout RdAnthony's Bar and Grill
10371 Southern Maryland BoulevardHome of the Bossman Pork BBQ. American-style family-friendly bar and grill.
The Ruddy Duck is Southern Maryland’s only microbrewery gastropub dishing up artisan-crafted food and beer. This family friendly restaurant is dedicated to serving the best quality at a great value. Call or visit Facebook for information on daily specials, promotions, events and live music.
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Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill
13200 Dowell RdThe Ruddy Duck is Southern Maryland’s only microbrewery gastropub dishing up artisan-crafted food and beer. This family friendly restaurant is dedicated to serving the best quality at a great value. Call or visit Facebook for information on daily specials, promotions, events and live music.
Sightseeing
Calvert Marine Museum and Drum Point Lighthouse
14200 Solomons Island Rd SConstructed in 1883 at Drum Point to mark the entrance to the Patuxent River, this screwpile cottage-type light is one of only three remaining from 45 that once served the Chesapeake Bay at the beginning of the 20th century. Decommissioned in 1962, the lighthouse has been beautifully restored, complete with furnishings of the early 20th century. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Included in museum admission.
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Drum Point Lighthouse
14150 Solomons Island Rd SConstructed in 1883 at Drum Point to mark the entrance to the Patuxent River, this screwpile cottage-type light is one of only three remaining from 45 that once served the Chesapeake Bay at the beginning of the 20th century. Decommissioned in 1962, the lighthouse has been beautifully restored, complete with furnishings of the early 20th century. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Included in museum admission.
Experience history at Maryland's oldest continuously working lighthouse. Grounds include the lighthouse tower built in 1828, a 1901 fog signal building and visitor center. The six-bedroom keeper’s home is available as a high-end vacation rental and special events venue. The grounds are open during specific hours and are free to tour. A museum interpreter is on site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Limited wheelchair access.
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Cove Point Light Station
3500 Lighthouse BlvdExperience history at Maryland's oldest continuously working lighthouse. Grounds include the lighthouse tower built in 1828, a 1901 fog signal building and visitor center. The six-bedroom keeper’s home is available as a high-end vacation rental and special events venue. The grounds are open during specific hours and are free to tour. A museum interpreter is on site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Limited wheelchair access.
Arts & Culture
Located just outside Solomons, Annmarie Garden features a walking path meandering through woods past works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution along with other artful surprises, a children’s natural play space and native gardens. The center hosts exhibits, a unique gift shop, Nature Nook and the artLAB, a creative re-use space. All ages will enjoy events and festivals, hands-on activities, public art programs and a beautiful setting. Pet friendly (leashed) excluding special events.
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Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
13470 Dowell RdLocated just outside Solomons, Annmarie Garden features a walking path meandering through woods past works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution along with other artful surprises, a children’s natural play space and native gardens. The center hosts exhibits, a unique gift shop, Nature Nook and the artLAB, a creative re-use space. All ages will enjoy events and festivals, hands-on activities, public art programs and a beautiful setting. Pet friendly (leashed) excluding special events.
Chesapeake Art Gallery
475 Main St Small and quaint
ArtWorks@7th is a cooperative gallery whose membership is united to create a vibrant, energetic, active art community committed to offering high-quality fine art for sale and to working together to realize individual and community goals. Located in the quaint bayside town of North Beach, ArtWorks@7th seamlessly blends the unique talents and inspired creativity of its local artist members with the riches of the bay and its surrounding natural beauty.
8905 Chesapeake Ave
8905 Chesapeake AvenueArtWorks@7th is a cooperative gallery whose membership is united to create a vibrant, energetic, active art community committed to offering high-quality fine art for sale and to working together to realize individual and community goals. Located in the quaint bayside town of North Beach, ArtWorks@7th seamlessly blends the unique talents and inspired creativity of its local artist members with the riches of the bay and its surrounding natural beauty.
CalvART is a cooperative gallery affiliated with the Arts Council of Calvert County. CalvART is a showcase for artists from Southern Maryland and highlights work from a wide range of styles and media. Our artists excel in paintings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, woodturning and photography.
Calvart Gallery
110 Solomons Island Rd SCalvART is a cooperative gallery affiliated with the Arts Council of Calvert County. CalvART is a showcase for artists from Southern Maryland and highlights work from a wide range of styles and media. Our artists excel in paintings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, woodturning and photography.
carmen's gallery offers the best of everything when it comes to art and framing. We strive for perfection. Our art comes not only from the Chesapeake Bay region, but from talented artists worldwide. You will find paintings, etchings, watercolors, sculptures and ceramics as well as unique functional art for your home, such as art lamps, bird houses and more. Our jewelry is exquisite, hand crafted, one-of-a-kind wearable art.
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Carmen's Gallery
14550 Solomons Island Rd Scarmen's gallery offers the best of everything when it comes to art and framing. We strive for perfection. Our art comes not only from the Chesapeake Bay region, but from talented artists worldwide. You will find paintings, etchings, watercolors, sculptures and ceramics as well as unique functional art for your home, such as art lamps, bird houses and more. Our jewelry is exquisite, hand crafted, one-of-a-kind wearable art.
Cultural history museum featuring exhibitions like Day at the Beach, Amusement Park at Chesapeake Beach, Camp Roosevelt (Maryland’s first permanent Boy Scout camp) and The Cottage. Visitors will also find information about Captain John Smith, Twin Beaches history and numerous seasonal exhibits.
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Bayside History Museum
4025 4th StCultural history museum featuring exhibitions like Day at the Beach, Amusement Park at Chesapeake Beach, Camp Roosevelt (Maryland’s first permanent Boy Scout camp) and The Cottage. Visitors will also find information about Captain John Smith, Twin Beaches history and numerous seasonal exhibits.
The museum, the only surviving train depot building from the Chesapeake Beach Railway, shares the story of the Chesapeake Beach Railway and Amusement Park in the early 20th century. The railway was a direct route from Washington, D.C. to Chesapeake Beach and included steamship arrivals from Baltimore establishing the area as the new "Monte Carlo" of the east. The history is conveyed through photographs, oral histories, research and artifacts displayed throughout the museum. Free admission.
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The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum
4155 Mears AveThe museum, the only surviving train depot building from the Chesapeake Beach Railway, shares the story of the Chesapeake Beach Railway and Amusement Park in the early 20th century. The railway was a direct route from Washington, D.C. to Chesapeake Beach and included steamship arrivals from Baltimore establishing the area as the new "Monte Carlo" of the east. The history is conveyed through photographs, oral histories, research and artifacts displayed throughout the museum. Free admission.
Parks & Nature
Calvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point. The state park is known for the abundance of mainly Middle Miocene sub-epoch fossils that can be found on the shoreline
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Calvert Cliffs State Park
10540 H G Trueman RdCalvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point. The state park is known for the abundance of mainly Middle Miocene sub-epoch fossils that can be found on the shoreline
Flag Ponds Nature Park is a nature preserve located in Lusby, Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. It is operated by the Calvert County Department of Natural Resources. The park includes nature trails and a beach for swimmers. Fossil shark's teeth eroded from the Calvert Cliffs formation may be collected on the beach. The area included in the park was once a center for pound net fishing from the early 1900s through 1955. One fishing shanty remained until October 2012 when it burned down. It has since been rebuilt
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Flag Ponds Nature Park
1525 Flag Ponds PkwyFlag Ponds Nature Park is a nature preserve located in Lusby, Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. It is operated by the Calvert County Department of Natural Resources. The park includes nature trails and a beach for swimmers. Fossil shark's teeth eroded from the Calvert Cliffs formation may be collected on the beach. The area included in the park was once a center for pound net fishing from the early 1900s through 1955. One fishing shanty remained until October 2012 when it burned down. It has since been rebuilt
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum is a 560-acre state park and museum located along the Patuxent River in St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland. The property of JPPM was given to the state of Maryland by Mary Marvin Patterson in 1983 in honor of her husband Jefferson Patterson, a U.S. diplomat. Many of its buildings were designed by Gertrude Sawyer starting in the 1930s, and some landscaping was done by Rose Greely and Cary Milholland Parker. The property has more than 70 identified archaeological sites, with current excavation and research being done. The land features 9,000 years of documented human occupation. The park has hiking, walking, and bike trails, a canoe and kayak launch, a visitor's center with exhibits and a gift shop, an exhibit barn, a pavilion for event rental, a recreated Indian village, and a historic house. JPPM has several annual events as well as educational programs and summer camps. Admission is free. The visitor center, located in a former cattle barn, features displays about the Pattersons, and about the science of archaeology and the work being done on the property. The barn features a War of 1812 exhibit and displays of antique farm equipment.
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Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
10515 Mackall RdJefferson Patterson Park & Museum is a 560-acre state park and museum located along the Patuxent River in St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland. The property of JPPM was given to the state of Maryland by Mary Marvin Patterson in 1983 in honor of her husband Jefferson Patterson, a U.S. diplomat. Many of its buildings were designed by Gertrude Sawyer starting in the 1930s, and some landscaping was done by Rose Greely and Cary Milholland Parker. The property has more than 70 identified archaeological sites, with current excavation and research being done. The land features 9,000 years of documented human occupation. The park has hiking, walking, and bike trails, a canoe and kayak launch, a visitor's center with exhibits and a gift shop, an exhibit barn, a pavilion for event rental, a recreated Indian village, and a historic house. JPPM has several annual events as well as educational programs and summer camps. Admission is free. The visitor center, located in a former cattle barn, features displays about the Pattersons, and about the science of archaeology and the work being done on the property. The barn features a War of 1812 exhibit and displays of antique farm equipment.
American Chestnut Land Trust
676 Double Oak RdChesapeake Beach
There's a nice board walk with shops and restaurants.
This bay-front park features swimming, fishing, picnicking and seasonal and daily camping. All daily campsites are bay-front. It is the perfect getaway for day trips, a weekend away or a week-long escape. Bathhouse, restrooms and concession stand available. No pets allowed on beach or in campground.
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Breezy Point Beach ja leirintäalue
5300 Breezy Point RdThis bay-front park features swimming, fishing, picnicking and seasonal and daily camping. All daily campsites are bay-front. It is the perfect getaway for day trips, a weekend away or a week-long escape. Bathhouse, restrooms and concession stand available. No pets allowed on beach or in campground.
Bayfront Park
7255 Bayside RdBattle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary
2880 Grays RdCove Point Park
750 Cove Point RdThere's a waterpark located there are well.
Entertainment & Activities
Chesapeake Bay Charters - A Family Sailing Adventure
255 Lore RdBunky's Charter Boats, Inc
14448 Solomons Island Rd SFlagship Cinemas
200 W Dares Beach RdEdward T. Hall Aquatic Center station
Family amusement center with many pools
https://chesapeakebeachwaterpark.com/
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Chesapeake Beach Water Park
4079 Gordon Stinnett AveFamily amusement center with many pools
https://chesapeakebeachwaterpark.com/
Cove Point Pool
750 Cove Point RdFood Scene
Brick Wood Fired Bistro is all about the fire! From roasted meats and fish to Neapolitan pizzas, almost all the ingredients used have touched a flame one way or another.
Can be a bit pricey.
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Brick Wood Fired Bistro
60 Sherry Ln Brick Wood Fired Bistro is all about the fire! From roasted meats and fish to Neapolitan pizzas, almost all the ingredients used have touched a flame one way or another.
Can be a bit pricey.
Jerry's Seafood "Home of the Crab Bomb"
15211 Major Lansdale Blvd Yummy seafood dishes.
Veras Restaurant & Marina
1200 White Sands DrIt's right down the road.
EZ Thai and EZ Thai Too are full-service restaurants serving traditional, vegan and gluten-free Thai dishes food. Their goal is to provide a unique and authentic experience through their cuisine.
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EZ THAI Restaurant
120 Solomons Island Rd SEZ Thai and EZ Thai Too are full-service restaurants serving traditional, vegan and gluten-free Thai dishes food. Their goal is to provide a unique and authentic experience through their cuisine.
Used to be called Green Turtle.
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Adam's Taphouse and Grille Prince Frederick
2200 Solomons Island Rd SUsed to be called Green Turtle.
Fiesta Bar & Grill
135 Central Square DrThree Brothers Italian Restaurant
65 Sherry LnWatch the chef create your fresh and succulent dish right before your very eyes with the ingredients of your choice.
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Nagoya Asian Bistro
784 N Prince Frederick BlvdWatch the chef create your fresh and succulent dish right before your very eyes with the ingredients of your choice.
La Tolteca Mexican Restaurant
135 W Dares Beach RdIHOP serves world-famous pancakes and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that are loved by people of all
ages. The restaurant offers an affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service.
IHOP
680 N Prince Frederick BlvdIHOP serves world-famous pancakes and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that are loved by people of all
ages. The restaurant offers an affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service.
Enjoy fresh seafood, USDA steaks, sandwiches and more while taking in the sites of the Chesapeake Bay. With more than 70 years in the restaurant business, the Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant offers perfectly seasoned, delicious entrees and desserts, in an atmosphere that is perfect for any occasion.
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Rod 'N' Reel Restaurant
4160 Mears AveEnjoy fresh seafood, USDA steaks, sandwiches and more while taking in the sites of the Chesapeake Bay. With more than 70 years in the restaurant business, the Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant offers perfectly seasoned, delicious entrees and desserts, in an atmosphere that is perfect for any occasion.
Traders Seafood Steak & Ale
8132 Bayside RdCozy European-style cafe serving a most creative menu of breakfast and lunch daily with a wide assortment of locally sourced ingredients, fresh-made soups, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Meeting space available and full-service catering for social and corporate events.
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Dream Weaver Events & Catering
114 Solomons Island Rd NCozy European-style cafe serving a most creative menu of breakfast and lunch daily with a wide assortment of locally sourced ingredients, fresh-made soups, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Meeting space available and full-service catering for social and corporate events.
Casual dining, serving large portions of American food. Fresh seafood, prime rib, steaks, chicken, salads, appetizers and desserts.
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Gateway Restaurant & Lounge
5455 Broomes Island RdCasual dining, serving large portions of American food. Fresh seafood, prime rib, steaks, chicken, salads, appetizers and desserts.
Lotus Kitchen offers a warm and eclectic space for eating, sipping and gathering in the heart of Solomons. The menu is simple, elegant, creative and delightful, featuring soup, salad, sandwich, quiche, flatbread pizza and more. Their famous key lime pie, as well as the breakfast sandwiches, coffee, tea and espresso drinks, keep the locals coming back every day!
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Lotus Kitchen featuring Kim's Key Lime Pies
14618 Solomons Island Rd SLotus Kitchen offers a warm and eclectic space for eating, sipping and gathering in the heart of Solomons. The menu is simple, elegant, creative and delightful, featuring soup, salad, sandwich, quiche, flatbread pizza and more. Their famous key lime pie, as well as the breakfast sandwiches, coffee, tea and espresso drinks, keep the locals coming back every day!
Sweet Sue’s Bakeshop is located on the corner of 7th and Bay Avenue in North Beach. With an amazing view of the bay and freshly made baked goods, it really is the ultimate spot to come relax.
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Sweet Sues Bake Shop & Coffee
9124 Bay AveSweet Sue’s Bakeshop is located on the corner of 7th and Bay Avenue in North Beach. With an amazing view of the bay and freshly made baked goods, it really is the ultimate spot to come relax.
You create your own combination of delicious, soft-serve premium frozen yogurt, then finish it off with any toppings you choose. Our toppings bar is stocked fresh every day with the best ingredients for a light snack, a decadent dessert and everything in between. You pick the flavors, add the toppings and make it your way!
sweetFrog
902 Costley WayYou create your own combination of delicious, soft-serve premium frozen yogurt, then finish it off with any toppings you choose. Our toppings bar is stocked fresh every day with the best ingredients for a light snack, a decadent dessert and everything in between. You pick the flavors, add the toppings and make it your way!
Essentials
Weis Markets
210 H G Trueman RdCVS
22565 Three Notch RdGiant Food
655 Solomons Island Rd NCitgo
4990 St Leonard RdNick's of Calvert
930 Costley WayWalmart
150 Solomons Island Rd N