Tuckahoe State Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tuckahoe State Park
Tuckahoe State Park Location in Maryland
Location	Caroline County & Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States
Nearest town	Queen Anne, Maryland
Area	3,949 acres (15.98 km2)
Elevation	13 ft (4.0 m)
Designation	Maryland state park
Established	1963
Administrator	Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Website	Tuckahoe State Park

Tuckahoe State Park is a public recreation area located along Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline and Queen Anne's counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, United States. Adkins Arboretum, a garden and preserve maintaining over 600 native plant species, occupies 500 acres of the park. The arboretum provides classes to the public in horticulture, ecology and natural history.

Activities and amenities

The state park features a 60-acre (24 ha) lake for fishing and boating plus 20 miles (32 km) of trails for hiking, biking, and equestrian use. The park also offers camping, cabins, and hunting as well as a recycled-tire playground for children.

In the news

Residents who felt the quiet, rural nature of the park was threatened spoke out against a military training facility that was proposed to be built nearby in 2009, and plans for it were scrapped in 2010.