Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T!
Flat Hat Award trip➢
Each year, the NPTC recognizes a park ranger or volunteer for outstanding service. Club members nominate individuals who made their park visits memorable. The club officers host a meetup at the winning park unit. In April, we travelled to Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts for the award ceremony for Ranger Will. On this mini road trip, Patty and I squeezed in 5 new NPS units, including Piscataway Park.
- Fort Washington Park
- Thomas Stone NHS
- Piscataway Park
- Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts
- Manassas NBP
Piscataway Park➢
Nestled along the Potomac River in Maryland, Piscataway Park showcases stunning natural landscapes, rich cultural history, and breathtaking views of the river and Mount Vernon. Established in 1961, the park preserves the historic viewshed of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and safeguards the area’s vital natural habitats.
Piscataway Park houses the National Colonial Farm. It serves as a living history site, offering visitors a chance to explore an authentic recreation of a small 18th-century Maryland tobacco farm. Operated by the Accokeek Foundation, the farm includes historic buildings, heirloom crops, and livestock breeds typical of the colonial period.
We visited Piscataway Park towards the end of the day. We walked the path through the farm and saw the Hog Island Sheep. This is a heritage breed the park seeks to preserve….there are less than 2000 of them left worldwide.
We walked past the replica of an old tobacco barn and went inside a small farmhouse. There was a small vegetable and garden out back. Afterwards we walked down to the fishing pier to see the river.
Location: 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, Maryland
Designation: National Park Service Unit
Date designated/established: October 4, 1961
Date of my visit: April 26, 2024
It use to be great when they had costumed interpreters, but they apparently do not do that anymore.
That would have been great!
Nearby, we’ll have to make a trip there, T. Over the next four months, Peggy and I will revisiting the Southwest, and hopefully exploring the National Parks we love so much again, assuming they are open. We just returned from Hawaii where we spent a fair amount of time at Volcanoes National Park, wowed by the volcanic eruption.
Wow, enjoy the Southwest!
Half way there Theresa. Grin. Busily dodging the worst of the storms. Our 22 foot travel trailer has little sense of humor about high winds, floods, golfball size and bigger hail stones, tornadoes and fires. Did I miss anything?