Hooper Islands

城市概覽

The community here has deep roots, running back to the mid-17th century, when Henry Hooper found it a nice place for a tobacco plantation. In the hundred years, Hooper Island converted from a tobacco community to a fishing economy, hauling crabs and especially oysters out of the once rich Bay. Today the community, like nearly all the proud Chesapeake watermen communities, is under threat from fish stocks depleted by pollution and from rising waters.

如何抵達

Hoopers Island is a good long drive from the nearest town, but it's a beautiful ride. Hoopers Island Rd (MD-355) is the one land route in. It's a simple route from Cambridge—just take MD-16 south, then turn left on MD-335. The bridges from island to island are beautiful!

必看景點

Hoopers Island isn't full of sightseeing attractions—it is the sightseeing attraction. Its setting is beautiful, and a great place to take in a Chesapeake sunset.

1 Hooper's Island Lighthouse. The lighthouse dating from 1901 is easy enough to find, since you can see it from just about anywhere on the island if you look to the west. It is one of the U.S.'s rare pneumatic caisson lighthouses. Phillips Seafood Factory. No longer in operation, the birthplace of the venerable Chesapeake seafood institution, which operates seafood restaurants throughout the Mid-Atlantic, offers tours during the summer.

體驗活動

Hoopers Island Expeditions, 2833 Hoopers Island Rd, Church Creek (As you come over the Hoopers Island bridge right there.), ☏ +1 410-330-1242, [email protected]. 24. Hoopers Island Expeditions offers fishing charters & guide services for the local waters. The Washingtonian ranked Hoopers Island Expeditions as one of the top things to do on the Chesapeake Bay. Varies. (updated Aug 2019) Sawyer Charters & Tours, ☏ +1 410-397-3743. Provides fishing trips on the bay to catch striped bass & other species or take a scenic cruise, narrated tour of the area, or crab feast aboard the 50-ft Sawyer vessel, with USCG-licensed captains sharing the history and folklore of the region.

住宿

Unless you have family here, you won't find a place to stay overnight on the islands, unless you rent one of the few homes available for a weekend or week's stay. The closest overnight off the island is about 25 minutes away near Taylor Wildlife Preserve just off Smithville Rd on the way to Cambridge:

順遊推薦

Beautiful Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is back up the road towards Cambridge.