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Elk Neck State Park is a public recreation area located between Chesapeake Bay and the Elk River near the southern tip of the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County, Maryland. The state park is home to the historic Turkey Point Light and offers land-based and water-based recreation. [ 3 ]
Elk Neck State Park includes the southern tip of the peninsula, bounded by the North East River, Elk River, as well as the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland Route 272 ends at the point of the peninsula, with the famous Turkey Point Light . [ 1 ]
A portion of the Mason-Dixon Trail runs through this state forest. Although there is a reduced-size area-map of the state forest online, a larger, more detailed map (including Elk Neck State Park) can be purchased from the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources. Elk Neck State Forest is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [1]
Deep Creek Lake State Park: Garrett: 1,169 acres 473 ha 2000: Deep Creek Lake: Boating and fishing on Maryland's largest man-made lake, camping, hunting, hiking trails Elk Neck State Park: Cecil: 2,369 acres 959 ha 1936: Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Route 272 (MD 272) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.The state highway runs 20.67 miles (33.27 km) from Turkey Point within Elk Neck State Park north through North East to the Pennsylvania state line near Calvert, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 272 (PA 272).
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Elk Neck State Park at the head of the Chesapeake Bay Coordinates 39°26′59.578″N 76°0′30.313″W / 39.44988278°N 76.00842028°W / 39.44988278; -76.00842028
The Elk River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and on the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 15 miles (24 km) long. [ 1 ] As the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary , it has served as one entrance to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal since the 19th century.