Southern Maryland
Southern Maryland consists of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties as well as the southern portions of Prince Georges and Ann Arundel counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include La Plata and Waldorf.
La Plata
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La Plata is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Charles County.
Waldorf
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Waldorf is a census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Located 23 miles south-southeast of Washington, D.C., Waldorf is part of Southern Maryland.
Chesapeake Beach
Chesapeake Beach is in Southern Maryland. Along with North Beach, it forms the closest seaside community to Washington, D.C.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Leonardtown and Prince Frederick.
Leonardtown
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Leonardtown is a town in and the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,563 at the 2020 census. Historic Leonardtown includes both a large public high school and a public middle school Leonardtown Middle School as well as a Catholic high school and an elementary school Leonardtown Elementary School, offices of the county government, and St.
Prince Frederick
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Prince Frederick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Prince Frederick was 3,226, up from 2,538 in 2010. It is the county seat of Calvert County.
Solomons
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For the island chain in the South Pacific, see Solomon Islands. Solomons is a resort area in Southern Maryland, near the Patuxent Naval Air Station. Solomons within a two-hour drive of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis.
Lexington Park
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Lexington Park is a town 60 miles SSE of Washington, D.C. at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Southern Maryland. The Patuxent River Naval Air Station is adjacent to it.
Cobb Island
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Cobb Island is a small island and neighborhood at the end of the Cobb Neck in Southern Maryland. It is small, less than 1 sq mi and has a population of about 900 people.
St. Mary’s City
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St. Mary's City is a former colonial town that was Maryland's first settlement and capital. It is now a large, state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement, and a living history area and museum complex.
Point Lookout
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Point Lookout State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve occupying Point Lookout, the southernmost tip of a peninsula formed by the confluence of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Southern Maryland
- Type: region
- Description: southernmost counties on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. state of Maryland
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
38.3667° or 38° 22′ 0″ northLongitude of center
-76.8° or 76° 48′ westWikidata ID
Q7570120
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Spanish—“Southern Maryland” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Suda Marilando”
- Japanese: “サザン・メリーランド”
- Latin: “Terra Mariae Meridiana”
- Latin: “Terra Mariae Meridionalis”
- Spanish: “Sur de Maryland”
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