Wye River
The Wye River is a 16.3-mile-long tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It was named by the Lloyd family, Edward Lloyd, and Edward Lloyd, after the River Wye in the United Kingdom.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Back Wye Creek”, “Back Wye River”, “Front Wye River”, “Morgans Creek”, and “Saint Michaels River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wye House.
Wye House
Manor estate
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copperville and Tunis Mills.
Copperville
Locality
Copperville is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Copperville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wye River.
Tunis Mills
Hamlet
Tunis Mills is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Tunis Mills is situated 3 miles southeast of Wye River.
Claiborne
Hamlet
Claiborne is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. Claiborne is situated 4 miles west of Wye River.
Wye River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Talbot County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.84817° or 38° 50′ 53″ north
Longitude
-76.20384° or 76° 12′ 14″ west
Open location code
87C5RQXW+7F
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Wye River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wye”
- Cebuano: “Wye River”
- Chinese: “怀伊河”
- Dutch: “Wye River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wye”
- Venetian: “Wye”
- Welsh: “Afon Wye”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Quail Hollow and Leeds Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bennett Point and Wyetown Point.
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