Once a year its "Tilghmans Island Day" at the firehouse and Kronsberg Park with oysters, crabs, and shrimp benefitting the Tilghmans volunteer fire department. If you truly love seafood this is the festival for you. This is the day of celebrating the Chesapeake Bay waterman and seafood with work boat racing, anchor throwing, crab eating contests, oyster shucking, and boat docking. Tilghman's island is only 3 miles long and is located about 11 miles from St. Michaels, and is an old fishing village. If you have never been to Tilghmans Island its cool to see the "W" houses which is a unique architectural style to the island. The Knapp's Narrows drawbridge is the busiest drawbridge in the nation and averages over 10 k openings per year. If you have never seen a skipjack Tilghman Island has the oldest working skipjack on the Chesapeake Bay built in 1886 over at Dogwood Harbor. The music was great this year with Birddog and the Road Kings in the park and picking/eating crabs. The Tilghman on the Chesapeake Yacht club was a beautiful place to watch the work boat racing and most breathtaking view of the Choptank River and Harris Creek. FYI 1 dozen crabs were $35.00, read more

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one of the many small islands that sits at the edge of chesapeake bay. we came to watch the sunset and that we saw, as well as many old school farm houses, farm animals, and even an old school gas station. i think the gas station was the highlight of my short trip here since i'd never seen an old school gas station. there were one or two restaurants here, but they appeared pretty quiet, even for a sunday evening. generally speaking, pretty barren, at least in the wintertime. will have to try coming back in the summertime to see if things liven up here. read more