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Chapel Point State Park

State park in Charles County, Maryland

Summary

State park in Charles County, Maryland

Field	Value
name	Chapel Point State Park
photo	Chapel Point State Park Sept 09.JPG
photo_alt	Sign
photo_width	280
map	USA Maryland
map_caption	Location in Maryland
map_width	280
relief	1
label	Chapel Point State Park
location	Charles County, Maryland, United States
nearest_town	La Plata, Maryland
coordinates
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area	821 acre
elevation	20 ft
established	1972
designation	Maryland state park
administrator	Charles County
website

Chapel Point State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area located on the Port Tobacco River, a tributary of the Potomac, in Charles County, Maryland. The state park offers fishing and hunting and is under the management of Charles County.

History

Chapel Point was once part of the 4000 acre St. Thomas Manor patented by the Roman Catholic Church in 1638. In the 1880s, the Jesuits, in partnership with J. C. and W. M. Howard, built a resort known as Hotel Belleview on Chapel Point, with guests brought in by steamboat from Washington, D.C. In 1924, the site hosted the first Charles County Fair. From about 1926 to 1948, Chapel Point was the site of an amusement park that offered picnicking, rollerskating, a restaurant, beach with bath houses, and hotel. The site was acquired from the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in 1972 to protect its scenic value and the open space associated with the state's early development.

Features

Adjacent to the park, St. Ignatius Church and cemetery, the oldest continuous Roman Catholic parish in the United States, offers a scenic river view.

References

{{cite gnis. 583694. Chapel Point
"DNR Lands Acreage Report". Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Cathy Hardy. (May 22, 2002). "Chapel Point". Maryland Historical Trust.
A. Levinthal. (September 15, 2003). "Chapel Point State Park". Maryland Historical Trust.
"Chapel Point Park". Historical Marker Database.

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