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City · Anne Arundel County

City of Annapolis

Annapolis brings together the State House, downtown streets and the maritime setting of Eastport. Explore its separate pockets on foot and by local transit, with attention to the creek crossings and your destination’s entrance.

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Community · Howard County

Columbia

Columbia’s villages, paths and shared institutions explain how the planned community works. Start with its history, a local village center and the right organization for an everyday question.

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Community · Anne Arundel County

Severna Park

Severna Park’s daily landmarks include Ritchie Highway, the library on West McKinsey Road and the B&A Trail. Explore the community through its local errands, trail entrances and nearby county parks.

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Community · Calvert County

Solomons

A Patuxent waterfront community with maritime history, public water access and a connection to St. Mary’s County.

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Municipality · Carroll County

Taneytown

Taneytown offers a local-history museum and several distinct public parks. Start with an exhibition date, a pond-side walk at Roberts Mill or a gathering at Memorial Park.

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Community · Baltimore County

Towson

Towson brings Baltimore County government, a university campus and a substantial public library into a town center with a history distinct from Baltimore City.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Abell

Abell’s porch-front streets, former ballpark site and community-managed open space connect neighborhood history with everyday life near Greenmount Avenue.

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Neighborhood · City of Annapolis

Admiral Heights

Admiral Heights connects Annapolis streets named for naval leaders with neighborhood waterfront spaces. Dewey Dock, Halsey Park and the separately managed boat club have distinct uses and access arrangements.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Allendale

Allendale’s porch-front rowhouses sit alongside New Cathedral Cemetery and share library resources with the wider Edmondson Avenue area.

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Neighborhood · Town Center

Amesbury Hill

Amesbury Hill is a small Town Center residential area off Ten Mills Road near Route108. Its community history, nearby golf resources and Centennial Park entrances help orient a first visit.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Arcadia

Arcadia’s bungalows, cottages and duplexes connect an early twentieth-century subdivision story with an improvement association publishing current neighborhood news.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Arlington

Arlington’s mix of houses, school investment and community housing work gives it a distinct place within northwest Baltimore.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Ashburton

Ashburton’s detached homes and civic history form part of the Liberty Heights corridor’s long residential story.

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Neighborhood · Town Center

Banneker

Banneker is a Town Center residential neighborhood on Banneker Road. Its fire-station landmark, local play areas and the current Central Library give practical orientation points.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Barclay

Barclay’s rowhouses, former industrial spaces and community organizing reflect a central Baltimore neighborhood shaped by transportation and successive stages of development.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Barre Circle

Barre Circle is a compact rowhouse neighborhood near Pigtown and Hollins Market, with a community association and a nearby library branch currently closed for improvements.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Bayview

Bayview’s porch-front rowhomes and alphabetically named streets form a residential neighborhood beside the separate Johns Hopkins Bayview campus.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Beechfield

Beechfield combines smaller rowhouses and detached homes near the city line, with a neighborhood association and a developing rail-trail connection.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Belair-Edison

Belair-Edison brings porch-front houses, a Belair Road business corridor and neighborhood housing resources together near Herring Run and Clifton Park.

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Neighborhood · Severna Park

Chartwood

Get to know Chartwood’s original streets, voluntary community association and nearby public recreation, separate from neighboring Chartwell.

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Community · Baltimore County

Chase

Chase is a starting point for Gunpowder River recreation, with Hammerman’s beach and trails and the tidal-creek landscape of nearby Marshy Point.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill offers a Town Center library and resident-led community organization, with neighborhood priorities shaped through education, housing, wellness and economic-development work.

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Community · Queen Anne’s County

Chester

Chester pairs Kent Island heritage at the Kirwan property with a useful Cross Island Trail entrance at Macuum Creek.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Cheswolde

Cheswolde pairs detached homes and garden apartments with Western Run green space and a shared neighborhood association.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Chinquapin Park

Chinquapin Park has a neighborhood history of civic organizing and a current connection to plans for the Chinquapin Run Trail. The trail proposal and archival bulletins offer different ways to understand the area.

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Municipality · Queen Anne’s County

Church Hill

Church Hill pairs colonial history with a working community theater and a county park built around everyday recreation.

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Community · Anne Arundel County

Churchton

Churchton’s waterfront communities and nearby Franklin Point State Park have different access arrangements. The state park’s Dent Road entrance, gate process and shallow shoreline deserve attention before an outing.

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Community · Harford County

Churchville

Churchville’s historic crossroads and county recreation complex provide two distinct ways to understand and use this Harford community.

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District · City of Annapolis

City Dock

City Dock is Annapolis’s downtown waterfront district. Use current construction and access information to plan a visit around Ego Alley and Dock Street.

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City · Anne Arundel County

City of Annapolis

Annapolis brings together the State House, downtown streets and the maritime setting of Eastport. Explore its separate pockets on foot and by local transit, with attention to the creek crossings and your destination’s entrance.

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Community · Howard County

Clarksville

Clarksville Commons brings dining, a seasonal market and visible environmental design into one gathering place. A separate nearby nature-center visit adds another way to explore the area.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Clifton Park

Clifton Park combines a historic mansion, public golf and a larger park landscape, with separate arrangements for tours, events and play.

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Community · Baltimore County

Cockeysville

Cockeysville pairs a substantial public library with Baltimore County’s historical society, where an old almshouse and agricultural collections open a window into county life.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Coldspring

Coldspring has an unusual design history, with deck housing shaped around separate pedestrian and parking spaces. Its member swim club and nearby Cylburn facilities offer different recreation options with distinct access arrangements.

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Community · Howard County

Columbia

Columbia’s villages, paths and shared institutions explain how the planned community works. Start with its history, a local village center and the right organization for an everyday question.

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Community · Howard County

Cooksville

Cooksville’s Route97 public facilities bring indoor recreation, programs for older adults and library resources into one part of western Howard County.

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