Patuxent River Park
Patuxent River Park is a nature reserve in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Patuxent River Park is situated nearby to the locality Jericho Park, as well as near the hamlet Patuxent Riding.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowie State station and Bowie Railroad Buildings.
Bowie State station
Railway station
Photo: Woogers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowie State station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located adjacent to the campus of Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. It is served by MARC Penn Line commuter rail trains.
Bowie Railroad Buildings
Museum
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland.
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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowie and Piney Orchard.
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.
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.
Patuxent River Park
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.031° or 39° 1′ 52″ northLongitude
-76.759° or 76° 45′ 33″ westOperator
M-NCPPCOpen location code
87F526JR+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 794625809OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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