Bel Air in Harford County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Susquehannock Environmental Center

1970 - 2002

— Pioneering Environmental Sustainability —

Susquehannock Environmental Center Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 31, 2025

1. Susquehannock Environmental Center Marker

Inscription. On this property, at the site now occupied by the Harford County Woodshop, the nation's oldest continuously operating recycling center was founded in 1970. The center was the first of its kind and was operated by students and volunteers for three decades until its closure in 2002.

Erected 2002.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Environment • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1970.

Location. 39° 31.658′ N, 76° 22.337′ W. Marker is in Bel Air, Maryland, in Harford County. It is on North Tollgate Road south of County Home Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 702 N Tollgate Rd, Bel Air MD 21014, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ma & Pa Railroad (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ma & Pa Heritage Trail (about 400 feet away); Heavenly Waters Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Ma & Pa Heritage Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink (approx. 0.6 miles away); Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (approx.

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0.6 miles away); MA and PA Heritage Trail (approx. 0.8 miles away); Ma & Pa Engine No. 6 (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bel Air.

The modern-day Harford County Woodshop image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 31, 2025

2. The modern-day Harford County Woodshop

Credits. This page was last revised on January 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 62 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 7, 2026, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.