72 Parks or Recreation Areas Found in Maryland

Showing 1 - 30 of 72 Areas Found in Maryland

1. Annemarie Garden - Solomons, MD  20629
   Annmarie Garden lies at the headwaters of St. John Creek and is just a few miles north of Solomons Island in beautiful Southern Maryland. The mission...
2. Annmarie Garden on St. John - Solomons, MD  20629
   Annmarie Garden lies at the headwaters of St. John Creek and is just a few miles north of Solomons Island in beautiful Southern Maryland. The mission...
3. Antietam National Battlefield - Sharpsburg, MD  21782
   Established by Act of Congress on August 30, 1890, this Civil War site marks the end of General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North in Septemb...
4. Antietam National Cemetery - Sharpsburg, MD  21782
   The Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, on September 17, 1862, was the tragic culmination of Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North. That one fate...
5. Assateague Island National Seashore - Berlin, MD  21811
   Storm tossed seas, as well as gentle breezes shape Assateague Island. This barrier island is a tale of constant movement and change. Bands of wild hor...
6. Assateague State Park - Berlin, MD  21811
   Maryland's only ocean park is located on Assateague Island, a barrier island bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Sinepuxent ...
7. Baltimore-Washington Parkway - Greenbelt, MD  20770
   Opened in 1954, the parkway is a 29-mile scenic highway that connects Baltimore, Maryland with Washington, D.C. The part of the parkway from Washing...
8. Big Run State Park - Grantsville, MD  21536
   With 300 acres in Garrett County, Big Run State Park offers rustic camping opportunities with 30 unimproved campsites and a youth group camping area. ...
9. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - Cambridge, MD  21613
   Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, located 12 miles south of Cambridge, Maryland, was established in 1933 as a refuge for migratory waterfowl. The r...
10. Calvert Cliffs State Park - Scotland, MD  20687
    The cliffs which dominate the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay for thirty miles in Calvert County, were formed over 15 million years ago when all of So...
11. Casselman River Bridge State Park - Grantsville, MD  21536
    (4 acres. In Garrett County, east of Grantsville on U.S. Route 40.) Astride the Casselman River just east of Grantsville stands historic Casselman Riv...
12. Catoctin Mountain Park - Thurmont, MD  21788
    In the 1930's, after years of making charcoal to fuel the iron furnace, mountain farming, and harvesting of trees for timber, land was purchased to be...
13. Cedarville State Forest - Brandywine, MD  20613
    The Piscataway Indian Tribe made this section of Southern Maryland its winter camping ground because of the mild climate and abundance of game. Legend...
14. Chapel Point State Park - Marbury, MD  20658
    Chapel Point State Park is located on the beautiful Port Tobacco River, a tributary of the Potomac River. Chapel Point is an undeveloped multi-use par...
15. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park - Hagerstown, MD  21740
    The C&O Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, MD.* The canal operated from 1828-1924 as a ...
16. Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network - Annapolis, MD  21403
    First thoughts of the Chesapeake Bay often bring up images of crabs and oysters. But, as the largest estuary in North America, the Chesapeake Bay has ...
17. Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve-Maryland - Annapolis, MD  21401
    The multi-component Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve-Maryland reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Maryland...
18. Cunningham Falls State Park - Thurmont, MD  21788
    Cunningham Falls State Park, located in the Catoctin Mountains, is known for its history and scenic beauty, as well as its 78-foot cascading waterfall...
19. Dans Mountain State Park - Lonaconing, MD  21539
    Dans Mountain State Park is a day use park with rugged mountain terrain, and an Olympic-size pool and waterslide. Nearby, Dans Rock Overlook affords a...
20. Deep Creek Lake State Park - Swanton, MD  21561
    Deep Creek Lake State Park lies just west of the Allegheny Front on a large plateau known as the Tablelands or Allegany Highlands. Its location at the...
21. Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge - Rock Hall, MD  21661
    Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge is a 2286-acre island located at the confluence of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay. Established in 196...
22. Elk Neck State Park - North East, MD  21901
    Sandy beaches, marshlands and heavily wooded bluffs comprise the peninsula formed by the North East and Elk Rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay, where this...
23. Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area - Elkton, MD  21921
    Fair Hill is a 5,613 acre Natural Resources Management Area, where multiple management practices are employed for the maximum use and protection of Ma...
24. Fort Foote Park - Fort Washington, MD  20744
    Eight miles downriver from the capital, Fort Foote was considered "a powerful enclosed work" by its chief engineer, "and the most elaborate...of all t...
25. Fort Frederick State Park - Big Pool, MD  21711
    The site of Maryland's frontier defense during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the Fort's stone wall and two barracks have been restored to the...
26. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine - Baltimore, MD  21230
    ?O say can you see, by the dawn?s early light,? a large red, white and blue banner? ?Whose broad stripes and bright stars . . . were so gallantly stre...
27. Fort Washington Park - Fort Washington, MD  20744
    Picturesque Fort Washington sits on high ground overlooking the Potomac River and offers a grand view of Washington and the Virginia shoreline. Today...
28. Gambrill State Park - Thurmont, MD  21702
    Gambrill State Park has its beginnings when public-spirited conservationists of Frederick County purchased this tract of land on Catoctin Mountain and...
29. Garrett State Forest - Oakland, MD  21550
    The forest contains a diversity of trees, abundant wildlife and beautiful scenery. In 1906 this forest was given to the state of Maryland and was the ...
30. Gathland State Park - Boonsboro, MD  21713
    Gathland State Park was once the mountain home of George Alfred Townsend, a Civil War journalist. It is the site of a unique collection of buildings a...