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The Nanjemoy Formation was defined by Clark and Martin in 1901, as part of the mapping by the Maryland Geological Survey. The Nanjemoy Formation was divided into two members, the lower or Potapaco, and the upper or Woodstock. The main lithologic distinction is that the lower part of the Nanjemoy is much more clayey than the upper part.
Nanjemoy is within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of the Capital Beltway (Interstates 95 and 495).. The area is served by Maryland Route 6 and other two-lane state highways; the nearest major roads are Maryland Route 210 to the north and U.S. Route 301 to the east.
Doncaster Demonstration Forest is located at Nanjemoy in Charles County, Maryland. It is on the north side of Port Tobacco Road, due east of Gilroy Road, and the west side of Gilroy Road, south of the Gilroy Road and Port Tobacco road intersection. [2] Doncaster is 12 miles (19 km) west of La Plata off of Maryland Route 6.
Nanjemoy Creek is a 13.1-mile-long (21.1 km) [2] tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, United States, located between Cedar Point Neck and Tayloe's Neck. Its watershed area (excluding water) is 73 square miles (190 km 2 ), with 2% impervious surface in 1994.
Purse State Park is a former Maryland state park located on the Potomac River in Charles County that has been subsumed into the 1,365-acre (552 ha) Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area. [3] As the Purse Area, the former park is known for fossil hunting on the beaches of Wades Bay at the southern end of the Nanjemoy WMA.
A kayaker among shipwrecks in Mallows Bay. Shipwrecks and a kayak in the sanctuary.. The Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary includes more than 200 historic shipwrecks, some of them dating as far back as the American Revolutionary War (1775–1773) and others to the American Civil War (1861–1865). [3]
Christ Church is located in the village of Ironsides within the town of Nanjemoy. Old Trinity Church, Church Creek , Dorchester County, dates to c. 1675 and is thus older. Christ Church, Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland, 1732 church building.
Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, United States.The bay is the location of what is regarded as the "largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere" [2] [3] and is described as a "ship graveyard."