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Belt Woods. / 38.90505; -76.76304. Belt Woods is a nature reserve in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., containing the "South Woods", a 43-acre (170,000 m 2) woodland which constitutes one of the last stands of old growth hardwood forest on the Atlantic coastal plain. It is a mere 8 miles (13 km) east of Washington, D.C.
Website. https://dnr.maryland.gov/. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a government agency in the state of Maryland charged with maintaining natural resources including state parks, public lands, state forests, state waterways, wildlife, and recreation areas. Its headquarters are in Annapolis.
Chesapeake Bay. Water trail tracing Smith 's explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, accessible from many points on Maryland's Chesapeake shoreline. [8] 2006. [8] Catoctin Mountain Park. Frederick County. 5,810-acre (23.5 km 2) forest park in the Appalachian Mountains.
Blandair, also known as Blandair Farm, Blandair Park, and Blandair Regional Park, is 300 acres of former slave plantation located in Columbia, Maryland. [1] [2] [3] The Blandair Foundation estate of Mrs. Smith was purchased by Howard County, Maryland in the late 1990s and is in the process of being developed as a regional park.
Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
Elk Neck State Forest is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [1] It contains wooded flatland, rolling hills, and marshlands. Plum Creek and Plum Creek Pond form an important water-feature in the south-central area. The primary, wide, gravel roads within the state forest—labeled as Trails 1, 2, and 3 -- allow limited vehicle ...
Geography of Maryland. Physical regions of Maryland. The U.S. state of Maryland has a varied geography. It has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km 2) and is comparable in overall area with Belgium [11,787 square miles (30,530 km 2)]. [1] It is the 42nd largest and 9th smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii ...
Fort Howard (Maryland) Coordinates: 39°11′54″N 076°26′37″W. One of the fort's two mortar pits, 2019. Fort Howard was a military installation located on the North Point peninsula, overlooking the main channel of the Patapsco River leading into the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Although militarily important since the early 19th ...