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Sandy Point State Park. / 39.01639°N 76.40167°W / 39.01639; -76.40167. 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 ...
The park land was first acquired by the state in 1941 with the purchase of the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company, which became the Chesapeake Bay Ferry System. The Sandy Point-Matapeake Ferry was discontinued in 1952. Afterwards, uses for the land by the state included a shooting range and a building housing a scale model of the Chesapeake Bay ...
Broadneck Peninsula. Coordinates: 39°2′15″N. The Broadneck Peninsula is an area in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The area is north of the Severn River, south of the Magothy River and west of the Chesapeake Bay. At the lower end of the Broadneck Peninsula is the 4.3 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge .
Maryland Conservation Corps member Jenny Ha, of Hagerstown, poses for a photograph at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis on March 12, 2024. “With them giving me support, I was able to make my ...
72000566 [1] Added to NRHP. February 11, 1972. The Sandy Point Farmhouse is a historic home at Sandy Point State Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-part plan consisting of a two-story central block connected to two wings by single-story hyphens. It was built in an 18th-century style in the 19th century and typical ...
June 16, 1983. ( #83002920) 1298 Lavall Dr. 38°58′43″N 76°37′37″W. / 38.978611°N 76.626944°W / 38.978611; -76.626944 ( Anne Arundel County Free School) Gambrills. The only surviving schoolhouse erected in Maryland in response to the Maryland Free School Act of 1723; constructed between 1724 and 1746. 6.
Corcoran Woods. Corcoran Woods, also known as Corcoran Environmental Study Area, or the Corcoran Tract, is a woodland preserve located in the northwest section of Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland. The area comprises roughly 210 acres (0.85 km 2) and is owned by the State of Maryland. Edward S. Corcoran previously owned the 110-acre ...
Annapolis, Maryland. Maryland's capital features many an 18th-century brick home, plus the iconic domed Maryland State House. This, coupled with the Beaux Arts architecture of the famed United ...