St Mary's County
 Hemingway's at Kent Island. At right, is a cenotaph, a Soldier's Memorial in St. Mary's County
 Solomons Island is a major yachting center at the mouth of the Patuxent River. Situated on a peninsula on the western shore of southern Calvert County, the town of Solomons has quaint harbors where colorful yachts bobbing in their slips become subject matter on many a roll of film. Boaters may be attracted to the harbor for the services a good marina can provide, but Solomons also offers gift shops, antique shops, museums, a seafood market, seafood restaurants overlooking the water, and a boardwalk on the Patuxent with modern public restrooms.The coves of Solomons Island provided protection during the War of 1812 when Commodore Joshua Barney sailed a flotilla here to launch an attack on British boats that had come into the Chesapeake Bay.
Despite the modern yachts and many gift shops, the village retains some of its past character from when Isaac Solomon's Oyster Packing Facility was in its heydey in the 1800's, local shipyards built schooners and sloops but are best known for the "bugeye", forerunner of the graceful and legendary skipjack.
Solomons Island is located where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Solomons Island was first established in 1867. The first causeway connecting the mainland with the island formerly known as Somervell's Island, Sandy Island and Bourne's Island, was built in 1870. Today the causeway is only 23 ft wide.
 Harbor Sounds at Solomons Island
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Watching a baseball game: Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards
St Mary's County
