Community Profile

Summary

The City of Annapolis is the capital of Maryland and the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It is home to the US Naval Academy and St. John’s College. The city is a beautiful waterfront community nestled between the Severn and South Rivers, two major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay. Abundant wetlands provide unique habitat for both land and aquatic animals. Annapolis lies on the Atlantic Coastal Plain and is quite flat, with the highest ground being only fifty feet above sea level. The city has the second highest Urban Tree Canopy cover in Maryland. Annapolis is also the home of NWF’s Chesapeake Mid-Atlantic Regional Center.