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  2. Calvert Cliffs State Park - Wikipedia

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    Calvert Cliffs State Park. Calvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of the cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point. [4] [5] The state park is known for ...

  3. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. /  38.43194°N 76.44222°W  / 38.43194; -76.44222. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant ( CCNPP) is a nuclear power plant located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay near Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland in the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is the only nuclear power plant in the state of Maryland.

  4. Calvert Formation - Wikipedia

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    Calvert County. The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene period. It is one of the three formations which make up the Calvert Cliffs, all of which are part of the Chesapeake Group .

  5. Calvert County, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,783. [1] Its county seat is Prince Frederick. [2] The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of the English Colony of Maryland.

  6. Southern Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Southern Maryland, also referred to as SoMD, is a geographical, cultural and historic region in Maryland composed of the state's southernmost counties on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. According to the state of Maryland, the region includes all of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties and the southern portions of Anne Arundel and ...

  7. List of power stations in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Maryland, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Maryland had a total summer capacity of 11,908 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,139 GWh. [2]

  8. List of Maryland state parks - Wikipedia

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    This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some have been turned over to local authorities.

  9. Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Maryland. /  38.34611°N 76.41778°W  / 38.34611; -76.41778. The Chesapeake Ranch Estates (CRE), also known locally as the Ranch Club, is located in Lusby, Maryland, United States, in southern Calvert County. CRE was founded in 1958 and is governed by a homeowners' association, which is officially called the ...