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Mason and Dixon Byway

• Maryland

Length	143 mi / 230.1 km
Time to Allow
Fees	No fees to drive the byway.

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon spent nearly four years in the 1760s helping to settle a land dispute by surveying newly established boundaries between Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware. In decades to come, the line they defined would become a symbol throughout the United States for the cultural divide between North and South. This easy-going byway, running west to east along the northern edge of Maryland near its border with Pennsylvania, takes a relaxing drive in the country and incorporates both historical encounters and recreational endeavors. Experience life down on the farm, enjoying the many fruits of Maryland s agricultural entrepreneurs.