Religious Freedom Byway
National Scenic Byway 160 mi in Maryland.
About the Religious Freedom Byway
This byway, with several branches that reach toward the Potomac River, incorporates many of the nation's oldest churches, the site of the first Roman Catholic Mass held in English-speaking America, and Maryland's colonial capital, Historic St. Mary's City.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Maryland State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadPoint Lookout State Park · State park · 90 sites · reservable
- 0.6 mi offSmallwood State Park · State park · 18 sites · reservable
- 4.2 mi offCaledon State Park · State park · 6 sites · reservable
- 4.4 mi offLeesylvania State Park · State park · 4 sites · reservable
- 4.4 mi offWidewater State Park · State park · 4 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.