Walking Fish Pond

Walking Fish Pond is a lake in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Walking Fish Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Crofton Village Green, as well as near Saddle Ridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linthicum Walks and Bowie Race Track.

Linthicum Walks

Historic site

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Linthicum Walks is a historic home and farm complex at Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA. It consists of a 19th-century frame dwelling, a mid-19th century meathouse, a frame pre-1815 tobacco barn and a family cemetery dating to the mid 19th century. Linthicum Walks is situated 2 miles southeast of Walking Fish Pond.

Bowie Race Track

Bowie Race Track was an American horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. It operated from 1914 through 1985. The facility is now a training center for Thoroughbred racehorses. Bowie Race Track is situated 2 miles west of Walking Fish Pond.

Sacred Heart Church

Church

Photo: Quarterczar, Public domain.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, Maryland is a Catholic church established in 1729. The church was originally built on part of the Jesuit plantation known as White Marsh Manor. Sacred Heart Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Walking Fish Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crofton and Piney Orchard.

Crofton

Town

Photo: MsCrof, CC BY 3.0.

Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located 9.8 miles west of the state capital Annapolis, 24 miles south of Baltimore, and 24 miles east-northeast of Washington, D.C. The community was established in 1964 and as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,136.

Piney Orchard

Suburb

Piney Orchard is an unincorporated community within the Washington DC suburb of Odenton, Maryland, United States. Piney Orchard began as a Planned Unit Development, and was a project of the Constellation Real Estate Group, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group, which itself, is now owned by Exelon. Piney Orchard is situated 4 miles north of Walking Fish Pond.

Bowie

Photo: J1729, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S. Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County; it is also the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Walking Fish Pond

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.00919° or 39° 0′ 33″ north

Longitude

-76.70122° or 76° 42′ 4″ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

87F5275X+MG

GeoNames ID

4372642

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Crofton Village Green and Saddle Ridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crofton Village Green Shopping Center and Crofton Centre Shopping Center.

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