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Marshy Point Nature Center
Situated on the Upper Chesapeake Bay along Dundee and Saltpeter Creeks, Marshy Point offers stands of old and young forest, open meadows, freshwater wetlands, and a web of tidal creeks and marshes for visitors to enjoy and explore. In combination with adjacent state and federal land, Marshy Point is part of a natural preserve encompassing more than 3,000 acres. Today, Marshy Point Park features over eight miles of hiking trails, two self-guided nature trails, a canoe/kayak launch and pier, a wildlife observation platform, a community garden, and a butterfly garden. The Nature Center is open from 9 am to 5 pm every day (except holidays), and the park is open from sunrise to sunset daily. There are a variety of exhibits and activities to check out around the Nature Center, and staff members are happy to answer any questions.
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Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery with Author Seth Rockman
Author Seth Rockman presents his new Pulitzer Prize-finalist publication, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery Examining producers and consumers linked in economic and moral relationships across great geographic and political distances, Plantation Goods explores how people in the nineteenth century thought about complicity with slavery while showing how slavery structured life nationwide and established a modern world of entrepreneurship and exploitation
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Nestled between the Gunpowder and Patapsco rivers, Baltimore County offers some of the best outdoor recreation destinations on the East Coast
After a long week in the office, you’ll want to get outside and explore the great outdoors Not sure where to start?
Nestled between the Gunpowder and Patapsco rivers, Baltimore County is home to an extensive network of waterways and trails with some of the best outdoor recreation destinations…
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