Long Wharf Park — Attraction in Cambridge

This is a family-friendly park along the Choptank river, but because of old~school shoreline protection, the river isn't accessible. Ducks and the ubiquitous Canada geese raise families here. Lots of swooping bug-eating birds at dusk. No bathrooms on this end of the skinny strip of a park. There's a marina mooring many rocking, sleepy sailboats. Past that there are several memorials commemorating souls lost in wars. There's a photogenic lighthouse to visit, past working watermens' boats ready to go out before dawn to harvest some goodies from the Chesapeake Bay. A new, deep berth area has been prepared for visiting big boats. The parking area here has been remade to absorb incoming water, whether from the rain or river. If you are very lucky you can walk across this free parking lot to visit Nathan of Dorchester, the youngest working skipjack on the river. A unique looking sail-powered harvest boat, she's available to ride on summer weekends. You will never forget a ride on the Nathan, and your kids will never stop being thrilled by the experience. It's a lifetime experience, maybe a bucket list kind of challenge if you're a...

If you're coming to Cambridge Maryland for any reason, take the time to drive on historic High Street to Long Wharf. Much history is in this quaint historic town, and much of it is due to its situation on the beautiful Choptank River. This is what you will have full view of if you drive to Long Wharf. Once a bustling place where seafood was put on ships bound for cities, it's now a tranquil place to enjoy a picnic in the park, a walk along the river's edge, or a tour of a true to life replica of a screw pile style lighthouse. If the fountain is on, that's another bonus to enjoy. If you want to view workboats with their daily haul coming and going, park and watch. If you want to see a real skipjack style workboat used for oystering for over a century, you can see one here. Just...

What an I say, it's a park. A treed stretch of public land that stretches half mile length of the waterfront along Cambridge Yacht Basin. It is populated with a few benches, a small memorial, a dog poop bag dispenser, a gazebo, and a few charcoal BBQ pedestals. This is a good place to walk the dog or grill out if you are staying at the Yacht basin but beyond that there are no trails to hike/bike (let alone room for them), no playground, no frizbee golf, no ball fields, and no fenced area to let the dog off the leash. It was generally well kept and clean but to be honest it would have been well suited to have a more accessible bathroom and more trash receptacles. No fault of the park or municipality but be warned, a high tide can flood the...