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Criteria, Instructions & Tips for Submitting Events EVENT CRITERIA: Events submitted to the www.VisitMaryland.org calendar must meet criteria set by The Maryland Office of Tourism (“the Office”). The Office reserves the right to approve, remove, edit and reject submissions and to resize and crop images provided. Events must be tourism-related and appeal to a variety of Maryland visitors. Prior to submission, events must appear on the submitting organization’s website or facebook page. That provides the[...]

Maryland's Many Nicknames Maryland has been called "America in Miniature" because so much is packed into its 10,460 square miles of land and water. You can find just about any kind of natural feature here, except a desert. That's because water is almost everywhere in Maryland. The "America In Miniature" title also applies to the role Maryland has played in our nation's history, from the founding of the United States to the present. And like[...]

Western Maryland Western Maryland is a great place for outdoor adventures. You can climb Maryland's highest mountain, swim in numerous lakes, hike the Appalachian Trail, brave white-water rapids or enjoy all kinds of winter sports from skiing to ice fishing. The three counties of Western Maryland, where fall foliage arrives first and winter usually stays the longest, were Maryland's last frontier. One of the most important events in Western Maryland in the early 1800s was[...]