#139 Annapolis Maritime Museum & ParK

​723 Second Street, PO Box 3088, Annapolis, MD 21403

Hello from Beach #139! Real life got in the way of Beach Trek today so #139 is Beach Trek lite....
There is a wonderful small waterfront park with a sandy beach at the Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, the site of the old McNasby Oyster Company in Eastport, Annapolis. It's the perfect spot to launch your kayak or soak in the view. You can fit a beach chair here, so it counts for Beach Trek!

Standing here, I can instantly conjure up the smell of visiting McNasby's and the nearby Sadler's Seafood with my dad as a child. This is how I remember the Annapolis of my youth.

According to the museum, the McNasby Oyster Company was founded in 1886 by William McNasby Sr., and began as a single storefront on Compromise Street. The business continued to grow until it became necessary to expand to a packing plant on 723 Second Street in the neighborhood of Eastport, a community in Annapolis. Today, this same historic structure is home to the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

The Annapolis Maritime Museum is a wonderful event space for weddings, meetings and parties. Come on out sometime for their Tides and Tunes concert series. The park portion here is open to the public from dawn to dusk. There is another campus off Edgewood Road ("Beach" #81, this just barely counts as a beach, depending on the day/tide). 
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And remember, when real life gets in the way, maybe you can only carve out time for a small local spot, but it can still have a big impact on your day!