Explore your Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network united more than 150 parks, wildlife refuges, maritime museums, historic sites and water trails across the Bay watershed. Visit them all and enjoy the full meaning of the Chesapeake story.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas.
Location. 39° 8.733′ N, 76° 50.7′ W. Marker is near Savage, Maryland, in Howard County. It can be reached from Interstate 95 at milepost 37, one mile south of Patuxent Freeway (Maryland Route 32). Marker 15 feet to the south of Maryland Travel Information building at the I-95 South Welcome Center and
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Governor Harry R. Hughes (a few steps from this marker); Maryland Purple Heart Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Explore Your Chesapeake (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Maryland Purple Heart Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); This Survey Point (approx. one mile away); Millworkers House (approx. 1.1 miles away); 9051-9053 Baltimore Street (approx. 1.2 miles away); Historic Savage Mill (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savage.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2019, by David Lassman of Waldorf, Maryland. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 19, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
