Things to Do

Solomons is built around the water. The marine museum is the main sight, then the boardwalk, fishing pier, lighthouse, and sculpture garden round out an easy Chesapeake day.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Calvert Marine Museum

Strong Chesapeake museum covering fossils, estuary life, workboats, and regional maritime history

Museum
02

Sotterley Plantation

Sotterley Plantation is a National Historic Landmark and one of Maryland's major Tidewater historic sites. The 18th-century house, formal gardens, outbuildings, and rare surviving …

Museum
03

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum sits outside the Navy's main aircraft test base and is open to visitors without entering the base. The collection …

Museum
04

Drum Point Lighthouse

Restored Chesapeake screwpile lighthouse on the Calvert Marine Museum waterfront

Sight
05

Calvert Cliffs State Park

Calvert Cliffs State Park is best known for its eroding Miocene cliffs, where fossil remains of sharks, rays, whales, and seabirds have been found. …

Sight
06

Annmarie Sculpture Garden

Wooded sculpture garden and arts centre just north of Solomons

Museum
07

Greenwell State Park

Greenwell State Park spreads along the Patuxent River, with woods, fields, and shoreline that make an easy outdoor break from Solomons and the lower …
08

Solomons Boardwalk

Short waterfront boardwalk with Patuxent River views, shops, and restaurants

Sight