The four places you're allowed to swim along Anne Arundel's shoreline

The vast majority of the county's waterfront is privately owned. Only four public parks — that regularly reach capacity in the summer — have swimming beaches.

A map showing the four places designated for public swimming in Anne Arundel County, which has 533 miles of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The swimming beaches at four public parks, which are highlighted in this map, add up to about a mile of shoreline — or about a tenth of one percent of the county's total waterfront.