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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 the abundance of mainly ...
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 .
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Pages in category "Parks in Calvert County, Maryland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Calvert Cliffs State Park; F. Flag Ponds Nature ...
U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Area. 4 acres (1.6 ha) NRHP reference No. 73000907 [1] Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973. The Cove Point Light is a lighthouse located on the west side of Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. [2] [3] [4]
Flag Ponds Nature Park is a nature preserve located in Lusby, Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. It is operated by the Calvert County Department of Natural Resources. The park includes nature trails and a beach for swimmers. Fossil shark's teeth eroded from the Calvert Cliffs formation may be collected on the beach ...
It constitutes a total land area of about 350 square miles (910 km 2) and is essentially conterminous with Calvert County. Immediately south of the Calvert Peninsula is the larger St. Mary's Peninsula, defined by the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers. It is the site of Calvert Cliffs State Park and the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. See also ...