#1 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Annapolis MD
~11.72 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (commonly known as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the more urban Western Shore. The original span opened in 1952 and at the time, with a length of 4.3 miles (7 km), was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. The parallel span was added in 1973. The bridge is officially named the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston Lane, Jr. who, as governor of Maryland, initiated its construction.
The bridge is part of U.S. Routes 50 and 301, and serves as a vital link in both routes. As part of U.S. Route 50, it connects the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area with tourist destinations such as Ocean Ci...
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis MD
~16.20 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Established in 1845 under George Bancroft, it is the second-oldest of the United States' five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore, Maryland. The entire campus is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments.
Candidates for admission must both apply directly to the acade...
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Barge House Museum
133 Bay Shore Ave Annapolis MD - 410-295-0104
~16.43 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Hammond Harwood House
Annapolis MD
~16.43 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, United States, is one of the premier colonial houses remaining in America from the British colonial period (1607-1776). It is the only existing work of colonial academic architecture that was principally designed from a plate in Andrea Palladio’s I Quattro Libri dell’Architettura, 1570, (The Four Books of Architecture). The house was designed by the architect William Buckland in 1773-74 for wealthy farmer Matthias Hammond of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was modeled on the design of the Villa Pisani in Montagnana, Italy in Book II, Chapter XIV of I Quattro Libri dell’Achitettura.
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William Paca House
Annapolis MD
~16.47 miles from Rock Hall city center
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An elegant National Historic Landmark restored by Historic Annapolis Foundation, the William Paca House was one of the first five-part Georgian homes in Annapolis. Paca was one of the four Declaration of Independence signers from Maryland and was governor of Maryland from 1782 to 1785. After being sold in 1780, the house became a part of Carvel Hall, one of the citys most popular hotels during the 20th century. Guided tours of the house take place hourly. The two-acre William Paca Garden has been restored to its original splendor and is open to the public.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Annapolis City Dock (Neighborhood)
91 Main Street Annapolis MD
~16.48 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The heart of the historic district of downtown Annapolis.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/tour_citydock.html
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St John's College
60 College Ave Annapolis MD - 410-263-2371
~16.50 miles from Rock Hall city center
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St. John's is located in the Historic Annapolis district, one block away from the Maryland State Capitol building. Its proximity to the United States Naval Academy has inspired many a comparison to Athens and Sparta. The schools carry on a spirited rivalry seen in the annual croquet match between the two schools on the front lawn of St. John's, which has been called by GQ "the purest intercollegiate athletic event in America." St. John's has won 23 out of the last 28 matches.
Construction of McDowell Hall at the center of campus, was begun in 1742 by Provincial Governor of Maryland Thomas Bladen, but was not completed until after the end of the Colonial period. Its Great Hall has seen many college events, from balls feting Generals Lafayette and Washington to the unique St. John's instit...
http://www.sjca.edu/main.html
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
St. John's College
Annapolis MD
~16.57 miles from Rock Hall city center
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St. John's is located in the Historic Annapolis district, one block away from the Maryland State Capitol building. Its proximity to the United States Naval Academy has inspired many a comparison to Athens and Sparta. The schools carry on a spirited rivalry seen in the annual croquet match between the two schools on the front lawn of St. John's, which has been called by GQ "the purest intercollegiate athletic event in America." St. John's has won 23 out of the last 28 matches.
Construction of McDowell Hall at the center of campus, was begun in 1742 by Provincial Governor of Maryland Thomas Bladen, but was not completed until after the end of the Colonial period. Its Great Hall has seen many college events, from balls feting Generals Lafayette and Washington to the unique St. John's instit...
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Maryland State House
Annapolis MD
~16.63 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Maryland State House is located in Annapolis and is the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. It houses the Maryland General Assembly. The capitol has the distinction of being topped by the largest wooden dome built without nails in the nation. The current building, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968 is the third statehouse to stand on the site. The building is administered by the State House Trust, which was created in 1969.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Rowe Blvd & Taylor Ave Annapolis MD
~17.09 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Opened in 1959 and primarily used for football, it is the home field of the Navy Midshipmen.
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It is the home field of the Navy Midshipmen football team, the men's lacrosse team, and the Washington Bayhawks lacrosse team.
The stadium opened on September 26, 1959, when Navy defeated William & Mary in football, 29–2. The current seating capacity is 34,000. The attendance record for the stadium is 37,970, when Navy lost to the Pitt Panthers in football, 42-21, on October 18, 2008. Prior to 1959, Navy played its home games at Thompson S...
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Chesapeake Children's Museum
25 Silopanna Rd Annapolis MD - 410-990-1993
~17.78 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Chesapeake Children's Museum is supported by the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
which receives funding from the Maryland State Arts Council and the City of Annapolis.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Cruise Line Terminal
Baltimore MD
~18.19 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Baltimore Cruise Terminal is Maryland's place for departing on cruise vacations to the Caribbean and elsewhere. Also known as the "Cruise Maryland Terminal" or "South Locust Point Cruise Maryland Terminal" and is located next door to Fort McHenry, the inspiration for "The Star Spangled Banner".
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Fort McHenry
Baltimore MD
~20.41 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a star shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812 when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in the Chesapeake Bay. It was during this bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem that would eventually be set to the tune of the The Anacreontic Song, to become the national anthem of the United States.
Designed by Frenchman Jean Foncin[1] in 1798 and named after James McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant and surgeon-soldier who became Secretary of War under President Washington, Fort McHenry was built after America won its independence to defend the important Port of Baltimore from future enemy attacks. It was positioned on the Locust Point pen...
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Patterson Park
Baltimore MD
~21.31 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Patterson Park is a public park in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The park is bordered by East Baltimore Street on the north, Eastern Avenue on the south, South Patterson Park Avenue on the west, and South Linwood Avenue on the east. The Patterson Park extension lies to the east of the main park, and is bordered by East Pratt Street on the north, South Ellwood Avenue on the east, and Eastern Avenue on the south.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Fells Point Historic Area
Baltimore MD
~21.68 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Fell's Point is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, home to a variety of shops, restaurants, coffee bars, music stores, and over 120 pubs. Located on the harbor and famous for its maritime past, it now boasts the greatest concentration of pubs/bars in the city. This waterfront community is a much-visited location in Baltimore, accessible by water taxi, freeway, and several bus lines. The neighborhood has also been the home of large Polish, Irish, and Mexican-American populations throughout its history. In recent years a steadily increasing numbers of middle to upper middle income residents have moved into the area, driving up property values. Fell's Point is one of several areas in and around Baltimore that are listed on the National Register of Historic Districts.
http://www.fellspointdevelopment.com./
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Baltimore MD
~21.80 miles from Rock Hall city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore MD
~22.21 miles from Rock Hall city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore MD
~22.32 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The archival collection at the Jewish Museum of Maryland includes over 150 major manuscript collections and thousands of other documents and rare books relating to the lives of Maryland 's Jews.
A browsable list of the major manuscript collections is available. For complete finding aids (inventories) of manuscript collections, please contact the archivist.
In addition to browsing through the list of manuscript collections, it is possible to use keywords to search the JMM collections through our web-based collections database.
Photographs
The Jewish Museum of Maryland Archives contains approximately 100,000 photographs and negatives of Jewish life in Maryland . Our photographic collection can be searched (and some images viewed) using keywords through our collections databas...
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Flag House and Star Spangled Banner Museum
Baltimore MD
~22.34 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum is a museum located in the Little Italy section of Baltimore, Maryland.
Built in 1793, it was the home of Mary Pickersgill when she moved to Baltimore in 1806 and the location where she sewed the "Star Spangled Banner," the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in the summer of 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the period as well as items from the Pickersgill family.
A 12,600-square-foot (1,170 m2) museum was constructed next to Pickersgill's house. It has exhibits on the War of 1812 and the Battle of Baltimore. It has an orientation theater, tearoom, giftshop, exhibit galleries, and meeting rooms. The museum features a 30 by 42-foot (13 m) tall window which was created...
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Lightship Chesapeake
Baltimore MD
~22.51 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) is owned by the National Park Service and on a 25-year loan to the Baltimore Maritime Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1820, several lightships have served at the Chesapeake lightship station and have been called Chesapeake. It was common for a lightship to be reassigned from one Lightships Station to another and thus "renamed" and identified by its new station name. Even though the "name" changed during a Lightships service life, the hull number never changed. Although the Coast Guard did assign a new hull number in April of 1950 to all Lightships still in service on that date. After that date, Light Ship / Light Vessel 116 was then known by the new Coast Guard Hull number: WAL 538. In January 1965 the Coast Guard furthered modified all ...
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Baltimore Maritime Museum
Baltimore MD
~22.54 miles from Rock Hall city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Baltimore MD
~22.54 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The National Aquarium in Baltimore is a public aquarium located at 501 E Pratt St. in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was opened in 1981 and was constructed during Baltimore's urban renewal period. The aquarium has an annual attendance of 1.6 million to see its collection of 16,500 specimens of 560 different species. Particular attractions include the dolphin display, rooftop rainforest, and central ray pool, and multiple-story shark tank. The National Aquarium in Baltimore is widely considered to be one of the best in the United States, if not the world. Coastal Living named it the #1 aquarium in the U.S. in 2006.
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is not to be confused with the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.; however, the National Aquarium in Washington D.C....
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Maryland Science Center
Baltimore MD
~22.57 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Maryland Science Center, located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976. It includes three levels of exhibits, a planetarium, and an observatory. It was one of the original structures that drove the revitalization of the Baltimore Inner Harbor from its industrial roots to a thriving downtown destination. In 1987, an IMAX theater was added, but the museum continued to show its age as the end of the 20th century approached. In 2004, a large addition to the property was opened, and the modernized hands-on exhibits now include more than two dozen dinosaur skeletons. Subjects that the center displays include physical science, space, Earth science, the human body, and blue crabs that are native to the Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland Science Center won a 2006 Best of Baltimore aw...
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
USS Constellation
Baltimore MD
~22.62 miles from Rock Hall city center
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USS Constellation constructed in 1854 is a sloop-of-war and the second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name. According to the US Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war was constructed in the same yard, possibly with a few recycled materials from the old frigate. USS Constellation is the last sail-only warship designed and built by the U.S. Navy.
The sloop was launched on 26 August 1854 and commissioned on 28 July 1855 with Captain Charles H. Bell in command.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Inner Harbor-Waterfront
Baltimore MD
~22.63 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the most photographed and visited areas of the city. It has been one of the major seaports in the United States since the 1700s and started blossoming into the cultural center of Baltimore in the 1970s.
Distinct in function and form, locals and visitors alike enjoy Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the surrounding neighborhoods that offer a variety of fine dining, cultural experiences and exciting nightlife.
From breath-taking panoramic views of the skyline from the Observation Level of the World Trade Center to the up-close and personal experiences of street performances happening spontaneously at the waterfront, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor offers more to see and do than you might imagine. Consider staying at one of the many Inner Harbor Hotels to enjoy al...
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Harborplace Shopping
Baltimore MD
~22.63 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Harborplace is a festival marketplace in Baltimore, Maryland, that opened in 1980 as a centerpiece of the revival of downtown Baltimore. As its name suggests, it is located on the Inner Harbor.
Harborplace is composed of 2 two-story pavilions, the Pratt Street Pavilion and the Light Street Pavilion. The third part of the Harborplace complex, located across Pratt Street from the Harbor, is a four-story glass-enclosed building known as The Gallery at Harborplace, which opened in 1987 and which is attached to Baltimore's Renaissance Hotel. Each of these buildings contains dozens of stores and restaurants. Many of the stores sell merchandise specific to Baltimore or the state of Maryland, such as blue crab food products, Baltimore Orioles and Ravens merchandise, Edgar Allan Poe products, an...
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Harborplace
Baltimore MD
~22.68 miles from Rock Hall city center
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Harborplace is a festival marketplace in Baltimore, Maryland, that opened in 1980 as a centerpiece of the revival of downtown Baltimore. As its name suggests, it is located on the Inner Harbor.
Harborplace is composed of 2 two-story pavilions, the Pratt Street Pavilion and the Light Street Pavilion. The third part of the Harborplace complex, located across Pratt Street from the Harbor, is a four-story glass-enclosed building known as The Gallery at Harborplace, which opened in 1987 and which is attached to Baltimore's Renaissance Hotel. Each of these buildings contains dozens of stores and restaurants. Many of the stores sell merchandise specific to Baltimore or the state of Maryland, such as blue crab food products, Baltimore Orioles and Ravens merchandise, Edgar Allan Poe products, an...
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Baltimore City Hall
Baltimore MD
~22.77 miles from Rock Hall city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore MD
~22.82 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The Baltimore Convention Center is a convention and exhibition hall located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland and was opened in August 1979.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Rock Hall
Federal Hill
Baltimore MD
~22.87 miles from Rock Hall city center
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The neighborhood is named for the prominent hill that is easily viewed from the Inner Harbor area, to which the neighborhood forms the physical south boundary. The hillside is a lush green and serves as a community park. The neighborhood occupies the northwestern part of a peninsula that extends along two branches of the Patapsco River—the Northwest Branch (ending at the Inner Harbor) and the Middle Branch. This peninsula is generally referred to as the South Baltimore Peninsula, and includes the neighborhoods of Federal Hill, Locust Point, Riverside, South Baltimore, and Sharp-Leadenhall. While not physically a part of the peninsula, Otterbein is also included in the collection of neighborhoods which make up greater South Baltimore. Traditionally, Federal Hill was roughly triangular, bord...
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