Most of your travel needs for Maryland’s Eastern Shore can be met here as you explore our two levels of exhibits about Dorchester and the area. A National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.
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Honoring Talbot County’s most famous native son, this 107-acre park is located just upstream from the farm where Douglass was born in 1818. Visitors can enjoy scenic views from the ridge overlooking Tuckahoe Creek, plus wetland wildlife.
This state museum of archaeology overlooks the Patuxent River and includes a Visitor & Exhibit Center, Discovery Room, an Indian Village, hiking trails and a canoe & kayak launch. Visitors can spend the day picnicking, biking and hiking. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
Charter fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.
Two mile shuttle radius that runs daily to the University Of Maryland, College Park Metro Stations, the National Archives, and the USDA Agricultural Library. Hot breakfast buffet, high speed wi-fi, onsite fitness center, and onsite parking included.
The main pool is like a dream vacation on an island resort with palm trees, multiple slides, inflatable animals, and a “tumble bucket” water feature for children to enjoy.
Former girls' school built 1837 on land donated by the Ellicott brothers; now stabilized ruins with garden, park events and programs emphasizing 19th-century history.
Primarily responsible for the provision of a comprehensive system of recreational programs for county residents and the preservation of valuable land in the form of more than 140 parks and sanctuaries.
Designated as a state battlefield, the park encompasses the three gaps of South Mountain (Crampton's, Fox's and Turner's) that were the scene of the September 14, 1862 battle just days before the Battle of Antietam.
Nature center and 1,100-acre park with forest hiking trails, wildflowers, birds, animals, wildlife management pond, archaeology site, marble quarries, iron ore pits and exhibits.