MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

WATERWAYS

BAYS

Chesapeake Bay (from Algonquian words meaning "great shell-fish bay")

Maryland Bays (by county)

Boats at Bayridge on Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland (Chesapeake Bay Bridge in background), August 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Glebe Bay
• Herring Bay
• Jug Bay
  
• Little Round Bay
• Round Bay
• Selby Bay
• Sillery Bay
• Westinghouse Bay

BALTIMORE CITY

• Curtis Bay (from tract "Curtis Neck" patented 1663)

BALTIMORE COUNTY

• Old Road Bay

CALVERT COUNTY

• Jack Bay

CECIL COUNTY

• Furnace Bay

CHARLES COUNTY

• Blue Bay
• Goose Bay
• Mallows Bay
• Wades Bay

DORCHESTER COUNTY

• Brannock Bay (named for Brannock family)
• Fishing Bay
• Great Bay
• Hambrooks Bay
• Holland Bay
• LeCompte Bay (named for Anthony LeCompte (c.1620-1673), a Huguenot)
  
• Madison Bay
• Tar Bay
  
• Trippe Bay (named for Henry Trippe (1632-1698))

KENT COUNTY

• Langford Bay

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

• Crab Alley Bay
• Eastern Bay
• Prospect Bay

ST. MARY'S COUNTY

• Breton Bay
• Calvert Bay
• Chaptico Bay
• Malone Bay
• Rawley Bay
• St. Clements Bay

SOMERSET COUNTY

• Annemessex Bay (from Algonquian (Powhatan) word meaning "it rushes beneath [the bank]")
• Monie Bay
• Moons Bay

TALBOT COUNTY

• Dickinson Bay
• Eastern Bay
• Ferry Bay
• Shaw Bay

WICOMICO COUNTY

• Ellis Bay
• Monie Bay
• Moons Bay

WORCESTER COUNTY

• Assateague Bay
• Assawoman Bay
• Brockatonorton Bay
• Chincoteague Bay (from Algonquian words meaning "large stream or inlet")
• Horntown Bay
• Isle of Wight Bay
  
• Johnson Bay
  

• Martin Bay
• Newport Bay (named for Christopher Newport (1561-1617))
• Orchard Creek Bay
• Parker Bay
• Pope Bay
• Purnell Bay
• Sinepuxent Bay

Sinepuxent Bay (Worcester County), Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

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