Welcome to R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks

Captain John Smith's Adventures on the James

Gabriel Archer wrote about a high rock cliff that projected into the channel of the Appomattox River upstream of its confluence with the James. When exploring the river in 1608, Smith found verdant marshes ...

Jumping Point Park

This is the site of the first of

a series of bridges that

linked Rumson and Seabright.

The initial structure was a

pedestrian toll bridge

constructed in 1870 through

the efforts of the Jumping

Brook Drawbridge Company.

Subsequently, metal swing

bridges spanned the

Shrewsbury River at this

location.

Marker is at the ...

Point Lookout State Park

Hammond General Hospital

Hammond General Hospital, opened

at Point Lookout, Maryland, in

August 1862, was named for Surgeon General William A. Hammond. The massive structure, built

to accommodate 1,400 amen, was set on piles about two to three feet

above ground and covered nearly

all the ...

Chapel Point Park

Site of county recreational facilities from the early 1900s to 1962, at the confluence of the Potomac and Port Tobacco Rivers. Originally a resort for St. Thomas Manor, steamboats brought passengers from Washington DC for the day. Opened to the ...