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Point Lookout State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve occupying Point Lookout, the southernmost tip of a peninsula formed by the confluence of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The state park preserves the site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp and the Point Lookout Light ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures.
Sandy Point State Park is a public recreation area on Chesapeake Bay, located at the western end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [4] The state park is known for the popularity of its swimming beach, with annual attendance exceeding one million visitors. [5]
Franklin Point State Park is an undeveloped Maryland public recreation area bordering Chesapeake Bay in Shady Side in Anne Arundel County. The state park is a day-use area suitable for wildlife viewing, hiking, and paddling.
Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation and used through 1964 as the northern terminus for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry service which crossed the lower Chesapeake Bay from the Eastern Shore ...
Hart-Miller Island State Park is a 244-acre (99 ha) public recreation area located at the mouth of Back River in Essex, Maryland.The state park consists of Hart-Miller Island, a man-made landfill linking two natural Chesapeake Bay islands, Hart and Miller, and also includes Hawk Cove and Pleasure Island. [4]
A tradition of New Year's Day walks in the park began on January 1, 1980, the same year President Jimmy Carter proclaimed "Year of the Coast." The walk was started by two women, Ilea Fehrer and Judy Johnson, founder of the Committee to Preserve Assateague Island (now known as the Assateague Coastal Trust), who sought to celebrate the beauty of the island and rally against plans to develop ...
Fort Frederick State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area on the Potomac River surrounding the restored Fort Frederick, a fortification active in the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). [5]