Festival weekend
Waterfowl Festival weekend, done right.
Spend the days in Easton and the mornings watching real waterfowl from the dock.
November 13 to 15, 2026 · Easton, MD
The Waterfowl Festival runs November 13 to 15, 2026 in Easton. Decoy carving, wildlife art, retriever demos, calling contests, and most of the Eastern Shore in one town for a weekend.
Here's the trick: stay where the birds actually are. This house sits on Hudson Creek in Dorchester marsh country, about 35 minutes south of the festival and 15 from Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Drive up for the festival, come home to geese working the creek at dusk.
It sleeps 15, so bring the extended family or the whole carving club. Dogs are welcome, obviously.
Getting there from the house
To the festival (downtown Easton)
About 35 minutes up US-50
Blackwater NWR
About 15 minutes. Peak migration in November.
Downtown Cambridge
About 20 minutes for dinner and RAR Brewing
Sleeps
15 across 5 bedrooms · dogs welcome
Why groups stay here
The real thing after the art
November is peak migration at Blackwater. See tens of thousands of geese and ducks fifteen minutes from your bed.
One house, everyone in it
Five bedrooms and sixteen feet of waterfront picnic tables. A proper crab-country base for a proper Shore weekend.
Evenings that beat any hotel bar
Fire pit, hot tub, and a creek that hosts its own waterfowl show at sunrise and sunset.
Book the festival block
Friday, November 13 to Monday, November 16. Three nights covering the full festival, with a slow Monday morning to close it out.
Check Nov 13 to 16Want to add Blackwater time on either end? Send a group inquiry and we'll help you plan it. Group inquiry