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The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network connects you with the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers through 150 exceptional parks, wildlife refuges, museums, sailing ships, historic communities, trails and more. Gateways are the special places where you can experience the authentic Chesapeake.
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Tagged boating, Chesapeake Bay, museums, sailing ships, trails, wildlife refuges
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Broadneck Park
Broadneck Park is located at 618 Broadneck Road in Arnold and is open all year from sunrise to sunset. The park features: Walking/Jogging Trails, an Exercise Course, Biking, Baseball/Softball Fields, Multipurpose Fields, Playground, Picnic Area, Pavilion (can be reserved), Concession Stand, Restrooms, off leash Dog Park, the Andy Smith Equestrian Center, and the Noah’s Ark Wildlife Rescue Center.
Broadneck Park Information
618 Broadneck Road
Arnold, MD 21401
Park open all year from sunrise to sunset.
(410) 222 – 7317 General Information
Panoramio has a good arial view of the park.
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Tagged baseball, broadneck, dog park, park, playground, trails
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a 2,800-acre environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution located in Edgewater, MD on the Rhode and West Rivers.
SERC has 3,000+ acres of wildlife conservation area along 14 miles of pristine shoreline. There are two trails open to everyone, each approximately 1.5 miles long. They offer Saturday programs for the public ranging from walks and talks to canoe tours of Muddy Creek and the Rhode River.
The center’s focus of study is on the ecosystems of coastal zones, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay wetlands. The Center leads the Nation in research on linkages of land and water ecosystems in the coastal zone and provides society with knowledge to meet critical environmental challenges in the 21st century.
The SERC conducts research on a wide variety of topics that include terrestrial, atmospheric, and estuarine environmental research within the disciplines of botany, ecology, environmental education, biology,chemistry, mathematics, microbiology, physics, and zoology. The Center trains interns, graduate students, pre-doctoral and doctoral students. Annually, the Center receives over 10,000 students, teachers, and families who come to visit. It also gives advice, consultation, and testimony to local, state, federal, and international governmental agencies, natural resource managers, policy makers, and conservation groups.
Additionally, it serves as a center of research and education on human impacts in land-sea interactions of the coastal zone. Their laboratory focuses on being a model of human interaction with the environment. The Center receives $20,000,000 in current extramural grants and contracts funded from governmental agencies, foundations, and industry.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Nature, Parks, Water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, conservation, smithsonian, trails, wetlands, wildlife
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The American Discovery Trail
The American Discovery Trail (ADT) is a new breed of national trail — part city, part small town, part forest, part mountains, part desert — all in one trail. Its 6,800+ miles of continuous, multi-use trail stretches from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California. It reaches across America, linking community to community in the first coast to coast, non-motorized trail. The ADT provides trail users the opportunity to journey into the heart of all that is uniquely American — its culture, heritage, landscape and spirit.
The ADT incorporates trails designed for hiking, bicycle and equestrian use. Because it connects five national scenic and 12 national historic trails, 34 national recreational trails, and many other local and regional trails — it is the backbone for the national trails system. It passes through metropolitan areas like San Francisco and Cincinnati, traces numerous pioneer trails, leads to 14 national parks and 16 national forests and visits more than 10,000 sites of historic, cultural and natural significance.
Amberly
Amberly is a community in St. Margaret’s: “The Baltimore magazine named Amberley as one of the most desirable communities in Maryland, and we take pride in maintaining the special beauty of our waterside enclave. Framed by Whitehall and Ridout creeks, Amberley is nestled just around the bend from the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, and the Bay Bridge. Our residents enjoy boating and fishing on the Bay, as well as walking, jogging, and bike riding along the scenic roads and trails which meander gently through the neighborhood.”
Goshen Farm Preservation Society
The primary purpose of the Goshen Farm Preservation Society is to safeguard and restore the Goshen Farm and its surrounding property for furture generations of residents of the Broadneck Peninsula and Anne Arundel County. The Society also intends to identify, protect and facilitate the study, preservation and communication of knowledge regarding other historically significant sites associated with the Goshen Farm.
The Goshen Farm Preservation Society has a list of great uses for this home including a museum of early farming life in Anne Arundel County, a place to hold events; Weddings, Lectures on our history and holiday events, a nature trail through the 22 acres, a community garden, and the list goes on. But the house has to be restored for all of these things to happen.
College Manor
College Manor is a family-oriented residential community located on the Broadneck Peninsula in Arnold, Maryland, a few miles northeast of Annapolis. The neighborhood was developed in the early 1980s and is laid out as a series of cul-de-sacs with just one entrance/exit, thereby eliminating any concerns about drive-through traffic. There are 140 detached two-story single-family homes, generally built in the Colonial style. Neighborhood amenities include beautiful tree-lined streets, sidewalks, and a large recently-updated community playground with play equipment, picnic tables, park benches and a hiking trail through the adjacent wooded area.
East Coast Greenway
The East Coast Greenway is a developing trail system, spanning nearly 3,000 miles as it winds its way between Canada and Key West, linking all the major cities of the eastern seaboard. Nearly 25 percent of the route is already on safe, traffic-free paths.
The East Coast Greenway is the nation’s most ambitious long-distance urban trail project. By connecting existing and planned shared-use trails, a continuous, traffic-free route is being formed, serving self-powered users of all abilities and ages. 3,000 miles long, the Greenway links Calais, Maine at the Canadian border with Key West, Florida. Alternate routes will add another 2,000 miles to the ECG trail system.
This green city-to-city travel corridor was launched in 1991 when the East Coast Greenway Alliance formed to make this vision a reality. The East Coast Greenway will be entirely on public right-of-way, incorporating waterfront esplanades, park paths, abandoned railroad corridors, canal towpaths, and pathways along highway corridors.
Baltimore and Annapolis Trail Park
Earleigh Heights Ranger Station
Planet Walk linear museum of our solar system
The B&A Trail Park encompasses 112 acres and stretches 13.3 miles from Jonas Green Park in Annapolis to Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie, passing through Arnold, Severna Park, Millersville, and Pasadena. The trail follows the route of the Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad from which it derives its name. The trail opened in 1990 as the second rail trail in the state.
In 1999, the B&A Trail Park was named a National Millennium Trail. The B&A Trail is also a designated component of the East Coast Greenways, a route connecting major cities between Maine and Florida, while the southern portion of the corridor is a segment of the American Discovery Trail, a national trail extending from Delaware to California.
The Earleigh Heights Ranger Station is located in Severna Park with parking available on the premises. A gazebo, horticultural gardens and park benches are found at the Hatton-Regester Green property in Severna Park. 80 flowerbeds, all tended by volunteers, grace the park grounds.
The trail includes a Planet Walk sponsored by NASA. The Planet Walk is a linear museum with educational displays for each planet and the sun. The central sculpture, Spectrum, is a 26 foot tall sculpture topped with 9 rings.
At the north end of the trail, the B&A Trail connects to the BWI Airport Trail for another 11 miles of running. At the south end of the trail it is only a short 2 miles to the Naval Academy and Annapolis.
Since 1998, the trail has hosted the popular B&A Trail Marathon and Half Marathon each Spring, which draws approximately 225 marathoners and 650 half marathoners.
*Rails2Trails article on B&A Trail Park.
Quiet Waters Park
Nestled between the South River and Harness Creek, Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis offers a wide variety of family activities. Visitors can walk, jog, or bike on over 6 miles of paved trails winding through hardwood forests and past grassy fields, play at the large, multi-level children’s playground, enjoy the vistas of the South River Promenade and Scenic Overlook, or picnic among 340 acres of beautiful park land. Boating opportunities are available. The park’s Visitor Center includes formal gardens, art galleries, and public restrooms.
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