Maryland's Geologic Features
Maryland Ecotourism
contact: Dale Shelton (dshelton@mgs.md.gov)
Are you looking for something to do but don't want to travel far? Maryland has plenty of well-know natural wonder to visit -- the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean City, Assateague Island, and the mountains.
Here are a few less well-know things to try ...
| MGS can tell you about it: | Now go visit! | |
| Maryland's Parks and Public Lands | ||
| Visit our earthquake kiosk at Soldiers Delight visitor center, see old mines, beautiful vistas and rare plants (Baltimore County) | Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area | |
| Swallow Falls and Muddy Creek Falls (Garrett County) | Swallow Falls State Park | |
| Dans Mountain, the highest point in Allegany County | Dans Mountain State Park | |
| Falling Branch (Kilgore) Falls, MD's second highest free-falling waterfall (Harford Co.) | Rocks State Park | |
| Other spectacular sights | ||
| Crystal Grottoes, Maryland's only show cave (Washington County) and nearby Washington Monument State Park | Crystal Grottoes Cavern and Washington Monument State Park | |
| Sideling Hill, a mountain cut in half | Sideling Hill Exhibit at the Hancock Museum in Hancock, MD (Washington County) | |
| Great Falls Park, near Washington D.C. | Great Falls Park (D.C. area) | |
| Fossil Collecting | ||
| Sharks teeth, millions of years old | Calvert Cliffs (Calvert County) | |
| Dinosaurs that roamed Maryland | Maryland Science Center (Baltimore City) | |
| Marine fossils at Calvert Cliffs | Calvert Marine Museum (Calvert County) | |
| Panning for Gold | ||
| You won't get rich, but its fun to pan for gold | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, | |
| C&O Canal Park geology | ||
| Historic Baltimore | ||
| A walking tour of Baltimore's building stones (Baltimore City) | Baltimore | |
| Be sure to visit DNR's Nature Tourism web page for many more great Maryland adventures | ||