Things To Do in Earleville, Maryland

Restored 18th-century manor home was a tobacco plantation. Includes nature preserve, boxwood garden, tobacco prize house. More on Search.visitmaryland.org

The home on this 290-acre plantation in Cecil County, Md. was built in 1730. The main building itself at this 290-acre site is a three-story, five-bay manor house dates back to 1730. It was decorat... More on Heritage

Inscription. Originally owned by Godfrey Harmon, then by James Paul Heath; subsequent to 1760 the home of James Louttit, Sr. and Jr. and Sidney George, Jr. Patriots. Vestrymen on St. Stephens Church, and contributors, 1782, to the ... More on HMDB

Originally built to work in concert with the Concord Point and Pooles Island lighthouses, the tower situated on the high bluffs of Turkey Point commenced operation in 1833. Two years previously, Congress had appropriated the sum of ... More on LighthouseFriends.com

Stemmers Run Reservoir (also known as Pearce Creek) is a 90 acre impoundment located in Cecil County. The lake is part of the C&D Canal Lands, the use of which have been granted to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources by the ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Inscription. Home of the Lusbys in the early 1700s. Ruth Lusby and Commodore Jacob Jones married in 1821. Made the Anchorage their home and enlarged it in 1835. Jones served on the “Philadelphia” when it ran aground at ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Ancestral home of the DeVeazie (Veazey) family; patented to John Veazey circa 1670. His descendant, Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey defended Duffys Fort, Fredericktown, from the British fleet May 5, 1813, and served as Governor ... More on HMDB

The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States. It is about 20 miles (32 km) long and starts in western New Castle County, Delaware, and along the boundary between Cecil County, ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Inscription. Granted to Samuel Brocus, whose daughter Susannah married, circa 1700, Edward Veazey. Their son, Colonel John Veazey, Sr. was Chief Military Officer of Cecil County and a Justice and Judge for 22 years. His eldest son, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Built by Dr. John Thompson Veasey, 1825, “of Mount Harmon” as he was known, who, with Colonel Thomas Ward Veasey assisted in the defense of Duffys Fort, 1813. He was a greatnephew of George Ross, signer of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The 305 acre farm of William Ward. He gave a tract called “North Levell” on which stands St. Stephens Church. His descendant, Henry Veazey Ward, was Consul General for the Republic of Chile. Another, Juliana ... More on HMDB