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Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Cycling, Fishing, Hiking
Picturesque Fort Washington sits on high ground overlooking the Potomac River and offers a grand view of Washington and the Virginia shoreline. Today, only one silent gun stands behind the masonry wa ...
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Fort Foote Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
Eight miles downriver from the capital, Fort Foote was considered "a powerful enclosed work" by its chief engineer, "and the most elaborate...of all the defenses of Washington." T ...
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Baltimore - Washington Parkway
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770Filed Under: Cultural
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 Washington, D.C. to Fort Meade,Maryland is managed by the ...
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Vancouver, Washington 98661Filed Under: Cultural
Fort Vancouver was the administrative headquarters and main supply depot for the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trading operations in the immense Columbia Department. Under the leadership of John McLoughl ...
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Fort Dupont Park
Washington, D.C. 20020Filed Under: Cultural
A "park for all seasons" describes the 376 rolling wooded acres that make up one of the largest parks in all of Washington. Picnics, nature walks, Civil War programs, gardening, environmenta ...
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Piscataway Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
The tranquil view from Mount Vernon of the Maryland shore of the Potomac is preserved as a pilot project in the use of easements to protect parklands from obtrusive urban expansion. The project began ...
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Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland 21401Filed Under: Cultural
The multi-component Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve-Maryland reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. In Somerset County ...
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Fort Frederick State Park
Big Pool, Maryland 21711Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
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 their 1758 appearance. Historic displays are in the F ...
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Washington Monument State Park
Boonsboro, Maryland 21713Filed Under: Cultural, Hiking
In Washington County, four miles east of Boonsboro and 1 1/2 miles north of Alternate Route 40 on Monument Road, Washington Monument State Park is named for the first monument in the country erected t ...
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Western Maryland Rail Trail
Big Pool, Maryland 21711Filed Under: Running
The Western Maryland Rail is 19 mile paved path that begins at Big Pool and ends at Pearre, Maryland. This trail paralells part of the 184 mile C&O Canal Towpath. It is possible to cross over from the ...
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