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Calvert Cliffs The cliffs that make up the park formed over 15 million years ago when a warm, shallow sea covered all of Southern Maryland.   Since then scientist have identified over 600 species of fossils, with the teeth of various species of shark and other sea life.  Along with the interesting cliffs, the park offers nature trails, picnic areas, playground equipment, fishing and many interpretative programs.

Middleham Episcopal Chapel "Middleham Chapel was established as a Chapel of Ease [of Christ Church Parish] to serve the lower part of Calvert County.  The present brick building, one of the most charming of the Colonial churches of Maryland, was erected in 1747.  The church derives its name from Middleham, England, the ancestral home of the Holdsworth family, who, in 1699, donated the funds for the original chapel."  -- Charles Francis Stein

Morgan Hill Farm (aka Morgan's Fresh or Hill Farm) "Hill Farm, which overlooks St. Leonard's Creek, is erected on land called Morgan's Fresh, patented by Captain Philip Morgan of the Puritan Militia and later possessed by the Day and Parran families.  The oldest part of the house is believed to have been built in the late Seventeenth Century by a member of the Day family."  -- Charles Francis Stein

Preston on the Patuxent Home of Richard Preston, Commander of the North Bank of the Patuxent River 1649. Seat of the Puritan Government of Maryland where the colonial records were kept 1653–1657. -- Historical Marker Database

Flag Pond Explore the sandy beaches and freshwater ponds by taking many of the walking trails this park offers. While visiting the park you can go and walk the many trails but also go fishing out into the bay or pond

Spout Farm "Spout Farm was originally acquired by Thomas Hatton, Secretary of the Province of Maryland, who was killed in 1655 at the Battle of the Severn.  Later, an English merchant, John Nutt, repatented it under the name of Nutt's Cliffs.  It faces a cove of St. Leonard's Creek.  It derives the name Spout Farm from the great spring which flows out of the hillside.  Here in early days sailing ships took on water before crossing the Atlantic.  Spout Farm was for many years possessed by Young Parran and his descendants.  Later it passed to the Sollers family.  The earliest part of the house was probably built by Young Parran, or possibly by his son John.”  -- Charles Francis Stein