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Maryland - The Old Line State

• Location: On the Eastern seaboard of the US, south of Pennsylvania and north of Virginia.
• Geography: Maryland consists of 12,193 miles, ranks 42nd in the nation and includes the Chesapeake Bay, America’s largest estuary (source: Maryland Geological Survey) the Chesapeake Bay.
• Weather: Maryland's location on the mid-Atlantic corridor makes the state weather fairly moderate. In the higher elevations of western mountainside of Maryland, winter temperatures tend to be a bit colder producing wonderful snowy landscapes great for skiing and other outdoor activities. While the Atlantic's coastal breeze tends to bring cooler temperatures to the Eastern Shore in the summer.
• Normal January temperatures range from 23.5 to 40.3 degrees while normal July temperatures range from 66.8 to 87.2 degrees with an average annual precipitation of 45 inches.

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• Allegany County
• Anne Arundel County
• Baltimore County
• Baltimore City
• Calvert County
• Caroline County
• Carroll County
• Cecil County
• Charles County
• Dorchester County
• Frederick County
• Garrett County
• Harford County
• Howard County
• Kent County
• Montgomery County
• Prince George's County
• Queen Anne's County
• Saint Mary's County
• Somerset County
• Talbot County
• Washington County
• Wicomico County
• Worcester County