Patuxent Research Refuge
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World / United States / Maryland
park, hiking, hunting ground
National Wildlife Refuge. The second largest public park or preserve within 40 miles of either Baltimore or Washington. Most of the section northeast of the Patuxent River (in Anne Arundel County, the "North Tract", formerly part of Ft. Meade) is open to the public for hiking, biking, and driving via Bald Eagle Drive off of Laurel-Ft. Meade Rd. (Md. Rt. 198) which leads to the Visitors Center. Most of the section southwest of the Patuxent River (in Prince Georges County along Laurel-Bowie Rd. (Md. Rt. 197) is used for research and is not open to the public. It is here that whooping cranes were and are kept in captive breeding programs.
Website: www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
Website: www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patuxent_Research_Refuge
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°3'1"N 76°46'36"W
- White Marsh Park 8.4 km
- Greenbelt Park 13 km
- Belt Wood Preserve 14 km
- Watkins Regional Park 17 km
- Patuxent River Park - Swanson Rd. Natural Area 21 km
- Patuxent River Park 23 km
- Kingman Island 23 km
- National Arboretum 23 km
- Fort Dupont Park 25 km
- Anacostia Park 27 km
- Drop Zone 3.5 km
- Tipton Airport (FME) 4.3 km
- Intermediate Field 57B / Beltsville Airport (abandoned) 4.8 km
- Forest Haven Asylum 5.4 km
- Ft. Meade Rifle Range 5.6 km
- Maryland City, Maryland 5.9 km
- Fort George G. Meade 6.4 km
- Odenton, Maryland 7.2 km
- Severn, Maryland 12 km
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland 16 km