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The Elk River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and on the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 15 miles (24 km) long. [ 1 ] As the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary , it has served as one entrance to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal since the 19th century.
Elk Neck State Park is a public recreation area located between Chesapeake Bay and the Elk River near the southern tip of the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County, Maryland. The state park is home to the historic Turkey Point Light and offers land-based and water-based recreation. [ 3 ]
Elkton is a town in and the county seat [3] of Cecil County, Maryland, United States.The population was 15,776 at the 2020 census, up from 15,443 in 2010.It was formerly called Head of Elk because it sits at the head of navigation on the Elk River, one of the five tributary rivers that flow into the north of the Chesapeake Bay, east of the Susquehanna River and North East River, and north of ...
Although there is a reduced-size area-map of the state forest online, a larger, more detailed map (including Elk Neck State Park) can be purchased from the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources. Elk Neck State Forest is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [1] It contains wooded flatland, rolling hills, and marshlands.
To the west of Elk Mountain is the broader Cumberland Valley, in which lie the towns of Hagerstown and Chambersburg, and the Potomac River. The southern end of the ridge, which is part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, is known as Maryland Heights. Maryland Heights Cliffs as seen from the C&O Canal
South Mountain State Park is a public recreation area that runs for nearly the entire length of South Mountain through Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland. [3] The state park is contiguous with several other national, state and local parks on the mountain, including the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Gathland State Park, Washington Monument State Park, Greenbrier ...
Maryland Delaware: County: Cecil (MD) New Castle (DE) Physical characteristics; Source: Belltown Run divide • location: about 0.5 miles southwest of Melody Meadows, Delaware • coordinates: 1] • elevation: 70 ft (21 m) [2] Mouth: Elk River
Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914), who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War.