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Some state parks are built around a trail. Janes Island is built around the tide. The park sits at the far southern end of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, right next to the old crab town of Crisfield. Across a narrow canal from the campground lies Janes Island itself: almost 3,000 acres of salt marsh, twisting creeks … Read more