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CHARLES COUNTY FACTS

Location:

Charles County is located 20 miles south of Washington, DC, and less than an hour’s drive from Annapolis in Historic Southern Maryland. It’s bordered on the north by Prince George’s County, on the south and west by 150 miles of the Potomac River shoreline and on the east by the Patuxent River and both Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties.

Top five attractions:

• Potomac River (large mouth bass and striper fishing, kayaking, etc.)
• Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum and Civil War History
• Thomas Stone National Historic Site
• St. Ignatius Church
• Port Tobacco Players Theater

Parks and recreational areas:

• Blue Heron Rookery
• Chapel Point State Park
• Charles County Skate Park
• Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area
• Friendship Farm Park & Trail
• Gilbert Run Park
• Laurel Springs Regional Park
• Myrtle Grove Wildlife Management Area
• Oak Ridge Park
• Purse State Park
• Smallwood State Park
• Swan Point Yacht and Country Club
• White Plains Golf Course

Tourism facts and figures:

In FY04, Charles County generated $724,633 in hotel taxes representing an 8% increase over the previous year. According to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), visitors to the county in 2002 spent $68.1 million. Local tax receipts totaled $3.4 million. The number of tourism jobs increased 3.5%.

Annual events:

• ESPN Bassmaster Tournament
• Heritage Bicycle Ride
• Fire Up & Thundr Out & Rolling Thunder Rally
• Piscataway Indians' Annual Festival & Pow Wow
• The Indian Head 100 Bicycle Ride
• Farm Fest & Corn Maze
• Charles County Fair
• Victorian Christmas Open House at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum
• Old Durham Church Festival - which has taken place every year for over 150 years!