What is the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network? Is it a National Park?
The Chesapeake Bay watershed, which includes America’s largest estuary, is too big and diverse for any single National Park to encompass. The Gateways cover the whole watershed, which stretches from New York to Virginia, and includes parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Gateways include over 160 public and private parks, museums, refuges, water trails, land trails and historic sites. The National Park Service brings these places together with a common goal: to help you to understand — and care about the Chesapeake Bay.
