Marshy Point

The Marshy Point Nature Center is one of the newest facilities of the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks. The building provides an exhibit hall, an auditorium for audio-visual presentations, two classrooms and outdoor decks with picnic tables. The Nature Center is located in a protected environmental area and has educational displays and programs which emphasize the Chesapeake Bay and its ecosystems. Marshy Point Nature Center, located on Dundee and Saltpeter Creeks in eastern Baltimore County, is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna within the confines of the 490 acre site. Boasting both wetland and forest areas, Marshy Point supports a vast array of wildlife and is in particular, a bird watcher’s paradise. Trails are being developed and canoes are available to explore the coastal forests, marshes and shallow waters of Dundee and Saltpeter Creeks. Baltimore County Public Schools bases one half of its fifth grade Eco-Trekkers program out of Marshy Point which allows for students to explore the forest and meadow ecosystems which frequent the Chesapeake Bay region.

Fifth graders measuring the circumference of Sweetgum sapling at forest ecosystem.