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 Maryland's First District
 
Maryland's 1st Congressional District spans the Chesapeake Bay and offers an abundance of recreational opportunities for visitors. Guests can spend the day on the Bay fishing for Rockfish (Striped Bass), or lounging along the Atlantic Ocean at the beach. Visitors can also bicycle across the back roads of the district and rest at any of the numerous inns or B&Bs; that cater to cycling enthusiasts.  Take in a Delmarva Shorebirds minor league baseball game in Salisbury, or feast on the bounty of Maryland seafood that has made our region famous.

The District encompasses all nine counties of the Eastern Shore (Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset, Dorchester, Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent and Cecil), along with substantial portions of Harford and Baltimore Counties (Bel Air, Churchville, Level, Hickory, Kingsville, Mays Chapel, Germantown, Glen Arm and parts of Perry Hall and Cockeysville) and a small part of Anne Arundel County across the Chesapeake Bay (Broadneck,Arnold, Severna Park, Millersville).

Major tourist attractions include Ocean City, Maryland's only coastal community; Crisfield, which is dubbed the seafood and crab capital of the State; and St. Michael's and Chestertown, charming nautical towns. Other interesting destinations include Assateague Island National Seashore, a federally protected beach area where wild ponies roam the sand and surf of the Atlantic Ocean; Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary for Canada geese and other migratory wildfowl who winter on the Eastern Shore; the Salisbury Zoo, home to a variety of birds and animals, including the rare Spectacled Bears; and Smith Island, a quaint fishing village where Elizabethan English is still spoken and generations of families have worked on the water.

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