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Mattapex in the region of Maryland is a town in United States - some 37 mi or ( 59 km ) East of Washington , the country's capital city .
Current time in Mattapex is now 01:55 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/New York " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Washington, Wilmington, Annapolis, Arnold, and Baltimore. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Washington . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Mattapex ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Back to dock after crabbing trip. Chester,MD
Back to dock after crabbing trip. Chester,MD ..
June Bug Sailing 2
Lagoon 380 Sailing catamaran "June Bug" on the Chesapeake Bay in 14 knots of wind. See our website at Charter.NHGroupLLC.com or AnnapolisCatamaranCharters.com. ..
Dominator Gyroplane Take Off
Dominator Gyroplane takes off from the Bay Bridge airport ..
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Romancoke, Maryland
Romancoke is an unincorporated community on Kent Island in Maryland, located at the southern end of Maryland Route 8. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban cluster for Romancoke, but not a census-designated place. The name "Romancoke" comes from the Algonquian word for "circling of the water. "http://www. leearchive. info/shelf/romancoke/index. html William Claiborne, who founded Kent Island, also had a plantation in Virginia named Romancoke. http://www. rootsweb. ancestry.
Located at 38.88 -76.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Matapeake State Park
Matapeake State Park is a state park located in Matapeake, Kent Island, Maryland. Its location is the site of a former ferry landing that served the state-owned Chesapeake Bay Ferry System before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened. Today, the pier that once served the ferry is now used as a fishing pier. Also located on the park's grounds is the restored ferry house. As of 2011, the northern terminus of the Kent Island South Trail is also located in the park.
Located at 38.95 -76.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Kent Island, Maryland
Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay, and a historic place in Maryland. To the east, a narrow channel known as the Kent Narrows barely separates the island from the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the other side, the island is separated from Sandy Point, an area near Annapolis, by roughly four miles (6.4 km) of water. At only four miles wide, the main waterway of the bay is at its narrowest at this point and is spanned here by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Located at 38.95 -76.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Matapeake, Maryland
Matapeake is an unincorporated community located south of Stevensville on Kent Island, Maryland. It is named for the historic Matapeake tribe, who lived there at the time of English colonization in 1631. Their chief village was on the southeast side of the island. They were an Algonquian-speaking tribe, related to the paramount chiefdom of the Nanticoke. Before construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Matapeake was the eastern terminus of a cross-bay ferry.
Located at 38.96 -76.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Kent Fort, Maryland
Kent Fort was a fort and settlement located near {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:38.84|-76.37|region:US-MD_type:landmark|||||| |primary |name= }} on southern Kent Island in colonial Virginia and later Maryland, and was the first English settlement within the boundaries of present-day Maryland and the third oldest permanent English settlement in the United States, after Jamestown, Virginia (1607) and Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620).
Located at 38.84 -76.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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