Miami Beach

Miami Beach, located in Bowley’s Quarters, is a wading beach which houses a pavilion with picnic benches, and a boardwalk which allows people to stroll through a scenic wetland to observe wildlife, flora and fauna. The shoreline at Miami Beach is primarily a sandy beach with several rock jetties. Waves, sediment, currents and the beach slope influence the shape of the shoreline. This sandy beach is in an exposed area in Seneca Creek and is vulnerable to high winds and waves that shape and reshape the shoreline. The prevailing wind creates currents that deposit sand particles which maintain the beach. The beach is bordered by a wetland. The shoreline and wetland plant and animal communities often interact with each other. The wetland at Miami Beach has standing and some flowing water, which provide habitats for aquatic insects, fish, frogs, turtles and snakes. The vegetation found at the wetland include emergent plants such as marsh hibiscus, Phragmites, river cane and switch grass and submerged aquatic vegetation as water milfoil and bushy pondweed. Baltimore County Public Schools bases one half of its fifth grade Eco-Trekkers program out of Miami Beach which allows for students to explore the shoreline and wetland ecosystems that are characteristic of the Chesapeake Bay region.

Osprey making a meal out of a fish at the Miami Beach location.

Seining during inclement weather at Miami Beach's shoreline.

The wetland at Miami Beach where students collect living organisms and non-living data.