Bay Bridge Cove

Bay Bridge Cove is a 273-home, 55+ active adult community on Kent Island, Maryland — the first-ever age-restricted community on the island and one of the few truly waterfront-adjacent 55+ options in the Mid-Atlantic. Built by McKee Builders between 2016 and 2022, the community is now sold out, with all inventory trading on the resale market. The neighborhood sits just off US-50/301 at the western edge of Maryland's Eastern Shore, about one minute from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and less than a mile from Chesapeake Bay beach access at Terrapin Beach Park. Homes are energy-efficient, Energy Star certified villa-style attached townhomes built on four original McKee floor plans — the Easton, Oxford, Cambridge, and Laurel — ranging roughly 1,419 to 1,707 square feet in their base configurations, with optional second-level lofts that push several homes to 2,000–2,800+ square feet. Most are two-bedroom plus loft designs, though many resale homes have been finished as 3-bed/3-bath. Standard features include open floor plans, screened porches, fireplaces as an option, and low-maintenance exteriors. The HOA covers common grounds, the amenity center, and management, leaving residents with a genuinely lock-and-leave lifestyle — a major draw for the community's many second-home and seasonal owners. Social life centers on the clubhouse, which residents describe as 'summer camp for adults.' Inside are a fitness center with exercise classes, a card room, billiards room, grand ballroom, meeting rooms, and kitchen facilities used for happy hours, cocktail parties, food truck nights, holiday events, and resident-organized gatherings. Outside the clubhouse are the outdoor pool and patio, tennis court, walking and biking trails threading through the community's green spaces, a dog park (described by residents as a social event in itself), a community herb garden, and a vegetable garden. Active clubs and interest groups cover swimming, tennis, billiards, cards, and regular social events. The location is the real differentiator. Residents are minutes from Terrapin Beach Park, Matapeake Park, the Cross Island Trail, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which puts Annapolis roughly 20 minutes away, Baltimore and BWI Airport about 40 minutes away, and Washington D.C. about an hour away. Just outside the community entrance residents have a grocery store, Thompson Creek Shopping Center, gas, pharmacies, and a deep bench of Kent Island seafood restaurants. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians is about ten minutes away for routine care. For a community that feels tucked into a quiet waterfront corner, the connectivity back to three major metros is unusually strong — which is why Bay Bridge Cove sold out and why resale demand has held up in the $550K–$700K range.