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Maryland Route 2 north - Sunderland to Annapolis
After 27 miles together, Maryland routes 2 and 4 split in Sunderland, Calvert County, with MD 4 going off to the west toward Washington, DC, and MD 2 to the east as Solomons Island Road bound for Annapolis. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
There is a MD 2 reassurance shield at right immediately following the split. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
There is a sign with flashers warning drivers to watch for turning cars for the next mile. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Up ahead is an intersection with the east end of Maryland Route 262 (Lower Marlboro Road). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
At MD 262, MD 2's junction with MD 260 is 5 miles away, Lothian is 12 miles away, and Annapolis 27. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This segment of MD 2 is dedicated as the Harriet Elizabeth Brown Memorial Parkway, for a Calvert County educator who pushed for equal pay for schoolteachers in Maryland regardless of race in the 1930s. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Sunderland Drive is met at an intersection up ahead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Dalrymple Road is intersected at a traffic signal a short distance later. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Hazels Way (right) and Kent Road (left) are the next streets intersected. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Wayside Drive (Maryland Route 765D), one of many parallel former alignments of MD 2, is ahead on the left. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Then, on the right, Aspen Woods Drive leads into the subdivision of the same name. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Leaving Sunderland, MD 2 eases itself leftward into a mob of trees. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Skinners Turn Road (left), which leads back west toward MD 4, and Mount Harmony Lane (Maryland Route 765I, right), are intersected at a forthcoming crossroads. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A wide curve to the right follows. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 meets the other end of Mount Harmony up ahead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This marks the end of the chain of MD 765's, which begins nearly 30 miles to the south, just north of where MD 2 begins in the Solomons area. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Little Tree Lane (left) and East Mount Harmony Road (right) are intersected next. The latter ties into MD 260 at a freeway-style interchange (the only fully within Calvert County) west of Chesapeake Beach; westbound MD 260 exits itself there, and the through movement is to get onto East Mount Harmony. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The highway now comes upon the southernmost section of Maryland Route 778 (Old Solomons Island Road) at a signal. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Intersected opposite MD 778 at the signal is Grovers Turn Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The marker at right points in the direction of MD 778. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Another traffic signal is a few tenths of a mile away. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Turning left at the signal leads toward Upper Marlboro, the seat of neighboring Prince George's County; turning right goes toward Owings and to the recreation areas of Chesapeake Beach and North Beach. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Gas stations in the area can be reached by turning right. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This intersection is where MD 2 has its junction with Maryland Route 260 (Chesapeake Beach Road) and is on the western edge of the center of Owings. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A second lane briefly appears on the right before ending past the signal. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
To the northwest, MD 260 ends at a partial two-ramp interchange with MD 4 on the Calvert/Anne Arundel county line. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
On that note, MD 2 leaves Calvert County for Anne Arundel County. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Annapolis now lies 24 miles away. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A roundabout, the first of two along this portion of MD 2, is approaching. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Intersected at the roundabout are Sansbury Road (left) and Friendship Road (right). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Friendship Road, via MD 261, leads to the Herrington Harbour marina at Rose Haven. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The sign at right tells drivers to yield to any traffic in the roundabout before they themselves enter it. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Friendship Road is the first northbound exit at the roundabout. This sign has a MD 261 shield affixed to it. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This MD 2 marker points the way out of the roundabout. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Once past the roundabout, MD 2 nears an intersection with Scrivner Drive (left) and the northern end of Old Solomons Island Road (right). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Ahead, there is a junction with Maryland Route 423 (Fairhaven Road). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Jewell Road is on the west side of this intersection. Meanwhile, MD 423 heads east to the community of Fairhaven-on-the-Bay. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Annapolis and Baltimore now sit a respective 21 and 47 miles away. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The north end of another segment of Old Solomons Road is at right. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 will now soon intersect Maryland Route 256 at the hamlet of Tracys Landing. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The waterside community of Deale can be reached by way of eastbound MD 256, whereas Londontowne is some miles to the north off MD 2. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The waterside community of Deale can be reached by way of eastbound MD 256, whereas Londontowne is some miles to the north off MD 2. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 256 (Deale Road) heads east to Owings Beach on the south side of Deale, crossing Tracys Creek and Rockfish Creek in the process. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
More MD 2 reassurance sits to the right. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Beside the Deale post office, Annapolis and Baltimore are 19 and 45 miles away respectively. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The route's next traffic signal is situated at an intersection with Bay Front Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Bay Front Road is in the state highway system as Maryland Route 258. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Like MD 260, MD 258 can be taken west to Upper Marlboro via MD 4, and it is the main drag through Deale. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The Bay Front light. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The community of Harwood is 6 miles from this sign, and Annapolis is in 18 miles. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
There is a sign to the right warning drivers to watch for left turning vehicles up ahead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Old Ridge Path Road, another bypassed section of old MD 2, is intersected at right, angled so that it forms a fork in the road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A right turn soon afterward puts one onto Nutwell Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 then intersects another iteration of Old Solomons Island Road, which has the hidden designation of MD 778J. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Intersected to the left is Thorton Spring Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The speed limit drops from 50 to 40 MPH up ahead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The highway is now entering a school zone, where the speed limit is 35 whenever the flashers on this sign are activated, usually during the arrival and dismissal times of the two schools in the area. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Another segment of Old Solomons Island Road (MD 778Q/MD 778E) is intersected on the left as MD 2 makes its way into the community of Lothian. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Beside Lothian Elementary, the route marker on the right announces in impending junction with MD 422 and MD 408. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The junction with these routes is another roundabout. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This diagram points the ways to westbound Maryland Route 422 (Bayard Road), westbound Maryland Route 408 (Mount Zion Marlboro Road), and northbound MD 2. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
From this roundabout, MD 422 goes to Sands Road which parallels the Patuxent River, while MD 408 ends up at MD 4 in Drury near the east bank of the Patuxent. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Now oriented northeast, MD 2 leaves Lothian and its speed limit goes back up to 50. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Grays Road is intersected ahead on the right. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The highway subsequently approaches its junction with Maryland Route 255 (Owensville Road). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 255 leads to a portion of the Roots and Tides Scenic Byway, which covers Western Chesapeake Shore towns from Huntingtown to Annapolis. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 255 heads east to the area of Galesville. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Now beginning to turn northwest, MD 2 approaches Owensville-Sudley Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
At the next intersection, whose advance sign has fallen victim to a mishap, Polling House Road (left) and another segment of Old Solomons Island Road (right) are met. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
At a signal at the other end of Old Solomons Island Road to the right, Harwood Road is on the left. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
These overhead flashers warn of the impending signal. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Harwood Road, which MD 2 meets prior to Southern High School, runs north and west to Sands Road, where it becomes Patuxent River Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
As it makes its way out of Harwood, MD 2 passes under a large set of power lines, which horses at the adjacent Baywood Farms are frequently seen standing and grazing under. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The route goes slightly uphill before intersecting Weston Farm Lane. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The next road intersected is Marys Mount Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
At this point MD 2 enters the hamlet of Birdsville. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
To the right, Mill Swamp Road leads a short distance east to Maryland Route 468 (Muddy Creek Road). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A left turn up ahead leads toward Maryland Route 424. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The intersecting road is Birdsville Road, which becomes MD 424 at its north end at MD 214. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A three-way staggered intersection, which includes a crossroads, follows Birdsville Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Old Birdsville Road (left) and Gray Beech Court (right) are intersected at the crossroads. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The route subsequently passes through a scattering of trees. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
South River Clubhouse Road (right) and Brick Church Road (left) are intersected next. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Brick Church Road on the left leads to MD 214, where it becomes Beards Point Road and continues to Riva Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 then goes on to meet Colony Crossing Boulevard beside the Golf Club at South River. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Before Colony Crossing, a trail for golf carts passes overhead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A traffic signal is located 1,500 feet ahead. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
A right turn up ahead leads to the Coretta Scott King Memorial Garden. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This is where MD 2 intersects Maryland Route 214 (Central Avenue). Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Going straight at the light leads toward Annapolis, turning left to Washington, DC; and turning right to the bayside town of Mayo. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 214 runs 25 miles between the District of Columbia border in Capitol Heights in P.G. County, and Beverly Beach just to the southeast of Mayo. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 now makes its way into Edgewater and becomes a four-lane urban arterial with a concrete median. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The next signal is situated at an intersection with Mitchells Chance Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
This signal can also be used to make a left turn onto Pike Ridge Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Pike Ridge can be used to get from MD 2 south to MD 214 west and from MD 214 east to MD 2 north. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Mayo Road (Maryland Route 253 south) is intersected to the right ahead, leading to the London Town Heritage Area. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
At the next light, Lee Airpark Road leads toward Edgewater's Lee Airpark. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
South River Road and a connector to Virginia Avenue on the other side of MD 2 are intersected next at a pair of right turns. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 curves left, then begins to cross the tidal South River. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
To the left, one can see Riva Road's bridge over the river just upstream. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Once over the South River, MD 2 comes upon Old South River Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The following intersection is at Poplar Point Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Soon afterward, northbound MD 2 has access to Tarragon Lane, which leads into the Gingerville Manor Estates subdivision. Northbound through traffic does not have to stop at the light at this intersection, whereas southbound through traffic does. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Admiral Cochrane Drive (left) and Lake Shore Drive (right) are intersected at the next traffic signal. Admirial Cochrane provides another connection between MD 2 and Riva Road. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
MD 2 has an interchange with Maryland Route 665 in ¼ mile. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
Before MD 665, MD 2 intersects Wilelinor Drive. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The route subsequently has an intersection and light at Grand Oak Drive. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
From here, MD 665 (Aris T. Allen Boulevard) goes east to Chinapquin Round Road, where it becomes the eastern segment of Forest Drive and heads toward the Bay Ridge and Highland Beach sections of southeast Annapolis. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The eastbound MD 665 exit gore sign is at right, while ahead on the left, Annapolis Harbour Center Drive is intersected. Photo taken 01-08-2026.
The cloverleaf ramp to MD 665 west, to US 50/301 (and Interstate 97), then goes off to the right. Photo taken 01-08-2026.