Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Its Ghosts

The Chesapeake Bay – the third-largest estuary in the world, and the largest in the United States  – cuts the state of Maryland in half leaving two-thirds of Maryland’s landmass to the west and one-third to the East.   The Bay is 200 miles long and about 30 miles wide at its longest width.  While the western side of the Chesapeake has over five million people in the Baltimore / Washington DC corridor, the eastern side of the Bay in the nine counties of Maryland barely has a half million people.  The Eastern Shore – as it’s known – is the largest parcel of contiguous agricultural land between Maine and Florida.  The parcel has barely been developed compared to the Western Shore, and many of the old Colonial and pre-Civil War towns display the bones of the old plantations and quaint town centers.

That is the perfect setting for ghosts — spirits of the old times.

Since few of the more famous population centers on the Eastern Shore such as Easton, Salisbury, Cambridge, Princess Anne, Pocomoke, St. Michaels, Snow Hill and Berlin have too few in population to sustain a nightly ghost tour – even with the many tourists, Chesapeake Ghosts has created a trail of tours that rotate weekends between March and December that acquaint guests not only with the rich small town history … but also with its “mysteries” – meaning its spirits, haunted sites and Tales of the Dead.

Ghost Tours on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Tucked into this mystical landscape are small towns that grew up with the seafood, farming, and shipbuilding trades.  They were full of crazy characters, and there is something magical about that open landscape that opens portals into the “other world” and the spirits of those characters peek through now and again. They may meet you on the stairs of your hotel or in a museum full of artifacts, on a nighttime walk through town, on your campsite, on a carousel ride, or in your guest room at a historic Inn.  You’ll be “walking with some of them” on every Chesapeake Ghost Walk.

Make a night of it – If meeting up with Chesapeake spirits wasn’t reason enough to buy a ticket for one of these walks, consider that most of the featured towns are designated Maryland Main Streets and/or Arts and Entertainment Districts and all have gorgeous historic architecture, amazing food, shops, cultural venues, and recreational opportunities.  There’s enough to do to fill a weekend.

From St. Michaels to Denton to Cambridge, Berlin and Ocean City, there are plenty of ghosts to acquaint yourself with.  Book your ghost tour now and connect with that special “Eastern Shore” energy.