![[photo, Washington Monument, Washington Monument State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/boonsboro/images/i006025b.jpg)
Washington Monument, Washington Monument State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland, February 2001. Photo by Ann J. Baker.
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State parks in Anne Arundel County provide diverse options for recreation. Sandy Point State Park offers boat launches, boat rentals, fishing, swimming, and hiking. Patapsco Valley State Park (with portions located in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, and Howard counties) maintains bike, hiking, and horse paths; campsites and cabins; picnic areas; and fishing and canoe access.
Baltimore County's State parks cover a wide variety of interests. Gunpowder Falls, North Point, and Patapsco Valley State parks all have mountain biking paths, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and picnic areas. Gunpowder Falls and Patapsco Valley also offer regular bike paths, horse paths, and campgrounds. Boat launches and rentals, cabins, and swimming areas may be found also at Gunpowder Falls State Park, while Hart-Miller Island State Park provides campsites, picnic areas, fishing, and swimming areas.
Calvert Cliffs State Park includes fishing, hiking, horse paths, and picnic grounds.
Boat launches and rentals, cabins, campsites, canoeing, fishing, and picnic areas can all be found at Martinak State Park.
Patapsco Valley State Park, whose boundaries encompass three other counties, maintains bike, hiking and horse paths; campsites and cabins; picnic areas; and fishing and canoe access.
Nestled into Elk Neck State Park are mountain bike and hiking paths, boat launches and rentals, fishing, canoeing, campsites, picnic areas, and swimming. The Park also includes the historic Turkey Point Lighthouse.
Used primarily for hunting and fishing, Purse and Chapel Point State Parks use unmarked trails. A compass and map are a necessity for using these trails. Chapel Point also maintains minimal beach area that may be used for canoes and other small watercraft. In contrast, Smallwood State Park offers fishing, hiking, picnic and camping areas, as well as a children’s playground.
![[photo, Cunningham Falls, Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont (Frederick County), Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/images/1198-1-699.jpg)
FREDERICK COUNTY
At wooded Cunningham Falls State Park are boat launches and rentals, canoeing, and swimming. Gambrill State Park offers mountain bike and horse paths. Both have hiking, fishing, campsites, and picnic areas.
GARRETT COUNTY
Six State parks are located in Garrett County. All offer picnic, and fishing areas, while all but Casselman River State Park have hiking paths. Mountain bike paths, swimming areas, and boat launches and rentals are available at Deep Creek, Herrington Manor and New Germany State Parks. Rental cabins are available at Herrington Manor and New Germany State Parks. Big Run, Deep Creek, Herrington Manor and New Germany State Parks all offer canoeing, while campsites may be found at Big Run, Deep Creek, New Germany, and Swallow Falls State Parks.
At Rocks State Park, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and picnic areas are all available. Susquehanna State Park offers bike, horse, and hiking paths, boat launches, campsites, canoeing, fishing, and picnic areas.
With sections located in three other counties, Patapsco Valley State Park has bike, hiking, and horse paths, campsites and cabins, picnic areas, fishing, and canoe access. The Park headquarters is based in Ellicott City.
While Patuxent River and Seneca Creek State Parks both offer hiking, fishing, and horse paths, Seneca Creek also provides bike paths, boat launches and rentals, canoeing, and picnic areas.
Rosaryville State Park maintains mountain bike, hiking, and horse paths, as well as picnic areas.
Tuckahoe State Park offers boat launches and rentals, canoeing, fishing, mountain bike and hiking paths, campsites, and picnic areas.
Of the four State parks in St. Mary's County, all offer canoeing, fishing, hiking, and picnic areas. Greenwell State Park also has mountain bike and horse paths. Point Lookout State Park includes a boat launch and rentals, cabins, and camping areas, as well as swimming. St. Mary’s River State Park holds mountain bike and horse paths, and a boat launch.
Amenities at Janes Island State Park include a boat launch and rentals, cabins, campsites, canoeing, fishing, hiking, swimming, and picnic areas.
The Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park was dedicated on July 23, 2010. The Park includes the Choptank River Fishing Piers, which were renamed in July 2009 to honor Bill Burton, a reporter and outdoorsman who died August 10, 2009. Open year-round, the fishing piers are lighted for night fishing, April through December. Wye Oak State Park, a small area, offers a picnic site.
![[photo, Hikers at Washington Monument State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/boonsboro/images/i006036a.jpg)
The State parks of Washington County offer a variety of amenities. The Washington Monument State Park and South Mountain State Park both contain camping areas and hiking paths. Gathland State Park provides hiking paths and picnic areas. Greenbrier State Park offers mountain bike and hiking paths, boat launch and rentals, canoeing, and swimming, and picnic and camping areas. Bike and hiking trails, boat launch and rentals, canoeing, fishing, camping, and picnic areas are available at Fort Frederick State Park.
Hikers at Washington Monument State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland, February 2001. Photo by Elizabeth W. Newell.
Both State parks in Worcester County hold campsites, boat launches and rentals, canoeing, fishing, picnic areas, and swimming. Assateague State Park also offers bike paths, while Pocomoke River State Park maintains rental cabins and hiking paths. Pocomoke River State Park encompasses the Pocomoke State Forest.
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