Chesapeake Bay · MD
Chesapeake Beach
A bayside resort built at the end of a railroad from Washington.
- Population
- 6,356 (2020 census)
- Reincorporated
- 1894
- Railway museum
- In the old station
Then
- 1890s
The town grows as a resort at the end of the Chesapeake Beach Railway from Washington.
- Early 1900s
Slot machines make it part of southern Maryland's “Little Nevada.”
Now
A boardwalk runs along the bay, and the old railroad station is now the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum. The Randle Cliffs erode at the south end of town.
The Patuxent River towns of Benedict, Broomes Island and Lower Marlboro share this stretch.
5 tide stations around Chesapeake Beach
- Chesapeake Beach1.0 mi
- Rose Haven2.7 mi
- Lower Marlboro8.4 mi
- Benedict14.0 mi
- Broomes Island18.7 mi