[CapnBill]

Hey Gods....

some comments on Sandy Point .... and Cherry stone ....

Sandy Point could be good spot BUT Rt 50 and Ches Bay Bridge can get VERY crowded in summer time.

Also Sandy Point in more of a Day use park - not sure of overnight facilities.

Sandy Point is:
10 miles by land to Annapolis, MD 5 mile by water
30 miles by land to Washington DC - good for side day trips.... (way too far by water)
30 miles by land to Baltimore ... 25 by water
Generally good to OK fishing ...
Bay is about 5 miles acroos at Sandy Point ....
Several protected rivers e.g Magothy, Severn, good for waterskiing, tubing etc. - but crowded on summer weekends.
Good access to Ocean City, MD (90 miles)
Good access to eastern shore - by land and water
- Not to many camping sights that I know of anymore - mostly taken over by suburbia ....
- Hotels available - closest around Annapolis ...8 - 10 miles

Looking at Cheerstone - looks good since it is at mouth of Bay on lower eastern shore - Got to be good fishing.
Getting there may by so-so siince only two ways there ....
down Rt 13 on eastern shore (100 miles south of OC, MD) or across Bay Bridge in No-furk oop (spelled Northfork, or just Navy town)
Traffic thru Norfolk can be sloooow ... but is is staight forward to access 64 from 95 to get to to Bridge.

Fishing in lower part of bay is far better than up here off
Sandy Point HOWEVER - there is a lot of open water in that part of th Bay - and with prevailing winds in summer out f SW you can be on alee shore.

Cape Charles area is pretty far away from most other things (except if you want to go back across the Bay Bridge to No-furk .... (opps again)

Just some thoughts ..


Also you may want consider Solomons Island, MD or Deltaville, VA both on the western shore.
Solomons is 50 miles south of Annapolis, and Deltaville is about halfway between Annapolis, MD and Norfolk, VA ...

- CBil

... been in Annapolis since '78, spent lots of time in and around sandy point park, on land, water, air .... even sent kids to day camp there!