Piscataway Park

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Piscataway Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

Location	Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Nearest city	Accokeek, MD
Coordinates	38°40′43″N 77°05′34″W / 38.67861, -77.09278
Established	October 4, 1961 [1]
Visitors	176,174 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

View of Potomac River at Piscataway Park

Piscataway Park, located 20 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. near Accokeek, Maryland, protects Marshall Hall and the National Colonial Farm. The park is located across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, and its original purpose was to allow the view from Mount Vernon to be as it was in George Washington's day, by preventing development on the opposite side of the river.^[1]

Piscataway Park is home to bald eagles, as well as beavers, osprey, and other wildlife.^[2] The park contains areas of wetlands, meadows, and woodland.

The park is administered by the National Park Service and is managed by National Capital Parks-East.

[edit] National Colonial Farm

The National Colonial Farm is a living history example of a 1770's tobacco farm. Many of the structures on the site are open to visitors, including a barn, smokehouse, out-kitchen, and the farm house. Costumed interpreters demonstrate various techniques, including candlemaking, gardening, and sewing.

[edit] References

^ Piscataway Park. National Park Service.
^ Piscataway Park. Accokeek Foundation.

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v • d • e Protected Areas of Maryland

National Park Service	Antietam National Battlefield • Appalachian Trail • Assateague Island National Seashore • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail • Catoctin Mountain Park • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Clara Barton National Historic Site • Fort Foote Park • Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine • Fort Washington Park • Glen Echo Park • Greenbelt Park • Hampton National Historic Site • Harmony Hall • Monocacy National Battlefield • Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm • Piscataway Park • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Thomas Stone National Historic Site

National Forests	none

State Parks	Assateague • Big Run • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wills Mountain • Wye Oak

State Forests	Cedarville • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Mount Nebo • Pocomoke River • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stony • Swallow Falls • Wicomico

Wildlife Management Areas	Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Pocomoke River • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington •

Other	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Choptank River Fishing Pier • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Morgan Run Natural Environment Area • Soldier's Delight Natural Environment Area • Somers Cove Marina • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest Service