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Thomas Point Park near Annapolis Neck in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Dino

 
 
Dino Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 16, 2025
1. Dino Marker
Inscription.
E.B. Peugh
1976
for Ann
and the kids

E.B. "Gene" Peugh wrote these words on the chest of the creature he created and named Dino, a Titanasaurus. Ann and Gene Peugh lived on Fishing Creek. In 1990 Ann gave Dino the dinosaur to the Thomas Point Park.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AnimalsArts, Letters, MusicParks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1976.
 
Location. 38° 54.507′ N, 76° 27.939′ W. Marker is near Annapolis Neck, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is in Thomas Point Park. It is on Thomas Point Road 0.7 miles south of Gordon Cove Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3890 Thomas Point Rd, Annapolis MD 21403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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: Thomas Point / Our Abundant Chesapeake (approx. 0.3 miles away); Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Arundel-on-the-Bay (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dr. Mary Church Terrell (approx. 1½ miles away); Dr. Millard R. "Buddy" Dean (approx. 1½ miles away); Twin Oaks (approx. 1½ miles away); Highland Beach Maryland
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(approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Twin Oaks (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annapolis Neck.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Thomas Point / Our Abundant Chesapeake (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Dino the Dinosaur sculpture image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 16, 2025
2. Dino the Dinosaur sculpture
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jun. 8, 2026