| 1. Terrapin Beach Nature Park, Kent
Island, MD
Heading east onto Kent Island on US 50/301, take the first exit (Exit
37) and go north on MD 18. Take the first left into Chesapeake Bay Business
Park and continue to natural area.
Just north of the Bay Bridge on Kent Island is a small natural gem called
Terrapin Beach Nature Park, located off MD 18, inside the Chesapeake Bay
Business Park. A new 1-mile nature trail, a pond, and two observation blinds
are popular with those who enjoy the outdoors. Raptors, migratory birds,
and breeding waterfowl draw bird watchers and photographers. A boardwalk
leads to the Bay. |
2. Horsehead Wetlands Center, Grasonville,
MD
From MD 18 at Grasonville (just east of Kent Island), go south on Perry
Corner Road 0.5 mile to the entrance, on the right. MD 18 runs parallel
with US 301/50; the junction with Perry Corner Road is between Exits 43
and 45.
The Wildfowl Trust of North America operates this 500-acre sanctuary.
Visitors can take paths skirting 6 waterfowl ponds, each representing a
different wetland habitat. At the visitor center, a large window overlooks
a pond with a variety of native waterfowl such as northern shovelers, redheads,
wood ducks, and tundra swans. The ponds also attract black ducks, canvasbacks,
wigeons, scaups, teal, herons, and turtles. |