Fishing Creek, Maryland

About Fishing Creek

Fishing Creek is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Maryland.

Officially, Fishing Creek is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.06 square miles.

📰 Fishing Creek News Today

• Joseph Kenneth Ruark, Sr. Obituary (2026) - Cambridge, MD - Newcomb & Collins Funeral Home, P.A. Legacy obituary · Apr 18
• Fishing Creek Apartment Fire Victims Seek Accountability The BayNet · Nov 28
• Fishing Creek, MD Weather Radar AccuWeather · Sep 1
• Fishing Creek, MD Weather Forecast & Live Weather Radar WeatherBug · Jan 13
• Fishing Creek, MD Severe Weather Alert Weather Underground · Feb 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fishing Creek Unique

• The only place in America named Fishing Creek — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fishing Creek

• Chesapeake Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chesapeake Forest - Besley and Rodgers Complex · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chesapeake Forest - Insley Complex · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Tar Bay Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fishing Creek

🏘️ Nearby Communities