Near Rison in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Explore your Chesapeake

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 24, 2019

1. Explore your Chesapeake Marker

Inscription. Welcome to a Chesapeake Bay Gateways, a place that celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. Discover here, and at other Gateways, the Chesapeake's proud traditions and precious resources.

The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network unites more than 100 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.

Let us be your guide: take a map of these special places and explore your Chesapeake! Visit up at www.baygateways.net

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 38° 33.483′ N, 77° 11.317′ W. Marker is near Rison, Maryland, in Charles County. Marker is on Sweden Point Road, 0.9 miles east of Chicamuxen (County Route 224). Follow Sweden Point Road to its end at the marina. Marker will be on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2750 Sweden Point Road, Marbury MD 20658, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. John Smith Explores the Chesapeake (approx. 0.2 miles away); Join the Adventure (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rich Resources (approx. 0.2 miles

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away); Christian Temple Manor (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Smallwood's Gravesite (approx. 0.6 miles away); Smallwood's Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); Rum Point (approx. 1½ miles away); General Joseph Hooker U.S.A. (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rison.

Also see . . .
1. Smallwood State Park, Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. (Submitted on January 26, 2019.)
2. Find Your Chesapeake. The web address listed on the marker is obsolete. This is current web address for the marker. (Submitted on January 26, 2019.)

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National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 24, 2019

2. Explore your Chesapeake Marker (Bottom half)

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 24, 2019

3. Explore your Chesapeake Marker

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 24, 2019

4. Explore your Chesapeake Marker

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 18, 2019

5. Explore your Chesapeake Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2019. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 26, 2019. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.