Best Things to Do in this area

Let Captain John Marrah and his able crew show you some of the magnificent homes along the Miles River during a 65 or 75 minute cruise up the Miles River toward Easton. The Patriot is docked next to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - you can walk over from the Parsonage Inn or park in the maritime museum parking lot. See the innkeeper for tickets and to reserve limited seating due to the pandemic. Most days, the Patriot departs at 12:30 or 2:30pm. Top open-air deck and the bow area near the "wheelhouse" is the place to be on a nice sunny day!

Easton, Maryland, "the 8th Best Small Town in America" is an arts and cultural center with individuals who love living in a small town that offers the best of many worlds: casual and gourmet dining; shopping for all budgets from collectibles to fine antiques; art galleries; and a historic Town Center with Colonial and Victorian architecture. A "must see" is the beautiful brick Georgian Talbot County Court House (circa 1794) where the controversial "Talbot Boys" Confederate Statue is on the left side with the much newer Frederick Douglass Statue on the right side .

Home of the famous Robert Morris Inn, circa 1710,. Now the oldest Colonial tavern still serving food and beverages to weary travelers. The tavern section of the hotel is a "living museum" as it is largely unchanged by various owners over the years - more authentic than the buildings in Williamsburg. The "strand" along the waterfront next to the ferry landing is a lovely walk down a tree lined street (used in the movie "The Wedding Crashers"), and the historic area is very walkable at 5 blocks long and two blocks deep. Also, site of the Scottish Highland Creamery which repeatedly wins "Best Ice Cream on the Eastern Shore".

The famous Oxford/Bellevue Ferry operates from April to November and provides convenient access from St. Michaels to the town of Oxford on the Tred Avon River. A lovely crossing on a nice day on one of the most beautiful rivers in the Mid-Atlantic area. This is a very historic town from Colonial times - it boast the Robert Morris Inn which dates from 1710! This is the oldest colonial tavern still open and serving food and beverages tp weary travelers. The tavern is original - never remodeled - a piece of living colonial American history! The price for using the ferry is very reasonable - even more so if you walk aboard and leave your car in the parking lot on the Bellevue side. This historic part of the town is about 5 blocks by two blocks deep - very walkable.

Donated in 1984 by the George Olds and Margaret Strahl Olds families, Pickering Creek's history is steeped in connecting people with nature. Pickering Creek has a number of small garden areas that feature, primarily native plants which flourish with regular TLC. Dorchester County is home to internationally recognized salt marsh habitat that provides essential stopover, feeding, and nesting areas for birds like Bald Eagles, Rails, and Saltmarsh Sparrows.

Designed after the classic New England Crosby Cat designed boats, the Selina II was built in 1926 at Sweets Shipyard in Greenport, NY. At 41 feet 6 inches overall length, she is the largest of the surviving vintage catboats. Her 16-foot beam makes her incredibly roomy and stable, the ultimate in sailing comfort. She is gaff-rigged, with a 48-foot mast and a 35-foot boom. On a normal sailing day, we carry about 1000 square feet of canvas, and our guests are treated to an authentic, old-fashioned sailing experience. Passengers can opt to participate and help raise the sail, or simply sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

St. Michaels is a picturesque harbor on Maryland's Eastern Shore and was named as one of the Top 10 Best Small Coastal Towns in America by USA Today. The St. Michaels area is perfect for outdoor activities including sailing on historic Skipjacks, kayaking, golfing and bicycling. St. Michaels is also known for exceptional restaurants, from quaint romantic bistros to waterfront restaurants, serving fresh seafood including the best tasting crab cakes!

Brewed right on premises by brewmaster Zach Milash, an Eastern Shore native, using only the finest ingredients from around the globe. We pride ourselves on quality not quantity and striving for the perfect pint. With a rotating selection of beers there is always something for everyone. Children and dogs are welcome. Beer available to go too!

Sample wines at Bordeleau Winery, St. Michaels Winery and the Simpatico shop.

Tilghman Island is more representative of the "way life was on the Eastern Shore" before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was built in the 1950's and spawned tourism that dramatically changed towns like St. Michael in the 1980's. Dogwood Harbor on your left about 1/2 mile onto the island is home to several aging Skipjack's - the boats that were built for dredging for oysters and once numbered about 1,000 over a hundred years ago. The Knapp's Narrows canal was built about 300 years ago so that square-rigged ships could set sail after leaving Oxford for the journey to Baltimore.