Piscataway Park

Maryland


A small satellite of the National Park System that consists of nature trails, boardwalks over freshwater wetlands, views of the Potomac River, and the National Colonial Farm, a living history museum that recreates a middle-class Maryland family farm circa the Revolutionary War period.


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