Here are some tips if you’re visiting Annapolis in a recreational vehicle:

RV PARKING
For your own peace of mind, we suggest you don’t try driving downtown. Our narrow streets make squeezing through tight places with a wide vehicle an unpleasant way to see Annapolis. And there’s no parking downtown for an oversized vehicle.

Park at the Naval Academy’s stadium and take the Navy Blue Route shuttle downtown. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes; more often during rush hour. Tell the driver you want to get off at the Visitor Center.

PROPANE
If you’re coming from the north, propane tanks are not permitted in either of the tunnels under the Baltimore harbor on I-95 or I-895. Here are alternate routes:

Follow the Baltimore beltway, aka I-695, around Baltimore (Exit 49A eastbound or Exit 35 southbound), and pick up I-97 (Exit 4) on the south side of town. Note: If you go the east side around Baltimore, very high winds on the Francis Scott Key Bridge–part of I-695--may close the bridge to RV’s--phone 410-288-8573 if in doubt. You can take I-695 the other direction (the west side--the long way) around Baltimore to avoid the Key Bridge.

OR,

Avoid Baltimore altogether: In Delaware, get off I-95 at Exit 1, near Newark, for Delaware Route 896 south. In three miles it will join US Rt. 301 south. In Maryland, Rt. 301 south joins US Rt. 50 west. Follow this road across the Bay Bridge to Annapolis. Note: Very high winds on the Bay Bridge (a.k.a. “the William Preston Lane Memorial Bridges”) may close the bridge to RV’s--phone 410-974-1622 if in doubt.

CAMPING
The closest RV park to Annapolis (17 miles) is Capital KOA Campground. Open late March through October. Phone 410-923-2771.

The closest service center/parts supply is Annapolis RV Center, 10 minutes from downtown on Industrial Drive off Bestgate Road, across from Westfield Mall: 410-280-0800. Also nearby is Recreation World RV (from Rt. 50, take Exit 28 for Bay Dale Drive and turn right): phone 410-626-8226. Both are closed on Sundays. Service and/or parts may be open on Saturdays.

GETTING AROUND
Sometimes the quickest and easiest way to get around Annapolis is just call a cab: 410-268-2626.

DUMPING STATIONS
Public gray water stations can be found at the Maryland Welcome Centers on I-95, both northbound and southbound, between Washington and Baltimore (between exits 36 and 39).