Destinations · Maryland
MD · 38.6950, -76.5361
Roots and Tides Byway, Star-Spangled Banner Byway and Booth's Escape are 3 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.
Get in
Maryland Route 260 terminates at the Chesapeake Bay in Chesapeake Beach. Coming from Washington, D.C., take Route 4 from the Beltway to MD-260. Coming from Annapolis, head south on Route 2. From the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) take MD-301 S to MD-4 S.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Chesapeake Beach. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
All-American Road · 20 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 23 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 26 mi out
All-American Road · 27 mi out
State scenic byway · starts in town
State scenic byway · 11 mi out
State scenic byway · 17 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 124 mi
3 h 59 loop · 2 stops · back by 7:59 PM. Incorporates George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Touches George Washington Memorial Parkway, Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, Historic National Road - Maryland
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 174 mi
7 h 47 loop · 10 stops · back by 7:46 PM. Incorporates George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Touches George Washington Memorial Parkway, Religious Freedom Byway, Old Georgetown Pike
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Chesapeake Beach: 4 h, 124 miles, 2 stops; and 8 h, 174 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Show Place Arena, Inspire, Lock 21: Swains Lock, Seneca Quarry, Lock 24: Rileys Lock, Lock 12, Lock 14, South Corner Boundary Stone, Marshall Hall and Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.