Calvert County Life

Relax. You're in Calvert County time now. Browse through this online magazine for features, communities, events, history, and related links.

Tour the county communities, parks, and landmarks on the map. Click on the red spots on the map for links.

Thinking of living here? Or just visiting? Look to the Living Here Section for home builders, communities, and housing.

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Events

Pictures from Previous
War of 1812 Reenactments

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum

500 acres of farmland along both the Patuxent River and St. Leonard's Creek, hosts many of the county's popular events as well as tours of the Patterson home, the MAC Lab, Farm Museum....

Kite Flying Day

Annual Jousting Tournament	Pictures from the April 27, 2002 Celtic Festival			2012 Early Voting
Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage 2008 Calvert County Tour	Calvert County Fair	Bernie Fowler Day Annually 2nd Sunday in June at Broomes Island

"Keep Calvert Country"

Farming in the county became more difficult when a majority of farmers accepted the tobacco buyout and lost their major cash crop. Some farms have been subdivided and new homes built. And tobacco is being replaced with cattle and horse ranches, bees, and vineyards.

Tobacco in Calvert County	Cattle Ranching in Calvert County	Wine in Calvert County
Local Produce		Horse Ranches
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry
Bowen's Grocery	Woodburn's Gourmet Market (an historic landmark, gone now, but we've left the link)	Smith's Seafood Market

Features

Prince Frederick Campus of the College of Southern Maryland	Calvert County's Libraries	Astronomy in Calvert County
Cypress Swamp	Fossils of Calvert Cliffs	Flag Ponds Nature Park
American Chestnut Land Trust	Pauxent Camp Grounds
	Volunteer Fire and Rescue equipment and supplies provided by fund-raising events and donations
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant	Cove Point Gas Terminal	Calvert County Artist Bill Brown, Painter
Animal Rescue Shelters	Calvert Animal Welfare League Pet Walk

Past and Present

History of Calvert County				Historic Landmarks	Calvert's Historic Houses The Phillips House Restoration Linden Restoration
Sunken Treasure in the Patuxent River				Pirates in Calvert County	Archaeological Sites in Calvert County

Living Here

Little League Baseball

Calvert County Parks & Recreation

Communities, Parks, and Historic Landmarks

Tour communities and interesting places in Calvert County. For instance: Olivet, a small community on a cove that lost its ZIP Code for being too small. And Lower Marlborough, on the Patuxent River where the steamboats delivered supplies in exchange for tobacco and other farm products. And Scientists Cliffs, on the Chesapeake Bay where storms wash million year old fossils out of the cliffs.

Click on a community or red button to go to the page about the community or point of interest.

Our thanks for support from these local businesses:
Marrick Homes

Links to other websites of interest

Calvert Marine Museum	Official Maryland and Calvert County Links Public Library, Historical Society, Chesapeake Lighthouses, Department of Natural Resources, Birding, Maryland State Website