RIVERS
Maryland's riverine system is a complex network of branches, and tributaries, some of which are known both as rivers and creeks.
Most rivers in Maryland run into Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland's Scenic and Wild Rivers Program is overseen by the State Forest and Park Service of the Department of Natural Resources.
Patuxent River (view from St. Mary's County), Maryland, May 2000. Solomons Island Bridge (tall bridge in distance) links Calvert and St. Mary's counties in southern Maryland. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
- Anacostia River
- Antietam River
- Avon River
- Back River
- Back Wye River
- Big Annemessex River
- Big Patuxent River
- Bird River
- Blackwater River
- Bohemia River
- Bush River
- Casselman River
- Chester River
- Chicamacomico River
- Choptank River
- Corsica River
- Eastern Branch River (part of Anacostia)
- Elk River
- Front Wye River
- Gunpowder River
- Hawlings River
- Honga River
- Hudson River (Little Choptank)
- Little Annemessex River
- Little Blackwater River
- Little Choptank River
- Little Magothy River
- Little Monocacy River
- Little Patuxent River
- Little Savage River
- Little Youghiogheny River
- Magothy River
- Manokin River
- Middle River
- Middle Patuxent River
- Miles River
- Monocacy River
- Nanticoke River
- North Branch Patapsco River
- North Branch Potomac River
- North River (branch of South River)
- Northeast River
- Patapsco River
Solomons Island Bridge over Patuxent River
(view from St. Mary's County shore), Maryland,
May 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Piers on Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
© Copyright Maryland State Archives