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Patuxent River Park - Merkle - Jug Bay Wetlands - House Creek, Maryland; 8,759 acres (35 km 2) Mason Neck - Accotink Bay - Pohick - Meadowwood - Gunston, Virginia; 7,690 acres (31 km 2) Patuxent River State Park, Maryland; 6,650 acres (27 km 2) Chapmans - Myrtle Grove - Mattawoman, Maryland; 6,278 acres (25 km 2)
Located on Chesapeake Bay at the county’s nearly 500-acre Marshy Point Park, operated by the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center: Masonville: Baltimore City: Central: website, Located on the Chesapeake Bay south of Baltimore's inner harbor, operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation
The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Bay and consists of three components: A 2,087 acres (8.45 km 2) freshwater tidal marsh at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary located 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C. A 726 acres (2.94 km 2) freshwater tidal marsh at the Otter Point ...
This is a list of Maryland wildlife management areas. As of 2016 [update] , the state of Maryland owned and managed sixty-one wildlife management areas (WMAs) covering 123,530 acres (499.9 km 2 ) of land.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has the authority to purchase an additional 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) for the park. [3] Charles County has moved to protect an additional 65,000 acres (26,000 ha) of the wetland. [2] The headwaters of the swamp are protected as part of Cedarville State Forest. [2]
Lake Roland is a city/county park encompassing over 500 acres of woodland, wetlands, serpentine barrens, rare plants and rocky plateaus surrounding Lake Roland in Baltimore County, Maryland. The park is located near the intersection of Falls Road and Lake Avenue, adjacent to the Falls Road Light Rail Stop of the Baltimore Light Rail, which runs ...
Assateague Island National Seashore is a unit of the National Park Service system of the U.S. Department of the Interior.Located on the East Coast along the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland and Virginia, Assateague Island is the largest natural barrier island ecosystem in the Middle Atlantic states region that remains predominantly unaffected by human development.
Idylwild Wildlife Management Area is a Wildlife Management Area in Caroline County, Maryland near Federalsburg. The 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) area is bounded on the west by Marshyhope Creek, with areas of wetlands. [1]