Local Communities

Once you’ve moved here it is time to explore and get to know your community! Here are some guides and ideas to get you started.

Below is Baltimore’s “Wall of Pride” featuring literary, musical and political visionaries from the Baltimore area; the Martin Luther King statue in DC; and a lighthouse (one of 71 in the Mid-Atlantic region!)

 

Recommendations for New Faculty from UMBC Faculty

New Faculty Area Guide

 

General Guides

Guide to Washington D.C.

Guide to Baltimore

Maryland: Only in Your State

VisitMaryland.org

Unusual Attractions in Maryland

 

 

[Photo credits: Dr. Orianne Smith, Candace Dodson-Reed, ’86, and Marlayna Demond, ’11]

 

 

Fun Things to Do in Maryland and Beyond!

Outdoorsy Things to Do

Bike ride in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Shore, Maryland.

Indoorsy Things to Do

Painting by Margaret Munz-Losch at the Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore.

Day Trips and Weekend Getaways

Dr. Christine Mallinson’s children in Chincoteague, Virginia.