Don't Forget North County
Ed Sabin
If you haven't already, come visit two north county parks which offer
great views of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. The parks are Ft.
Smallwood Park and Weinberg Park, both located at the east end of Ft.
Smallwood Road in Pasadena.
Ft. Smallwood Park, about 100 acres in size, is located at the end of a
peninsula. The park has 5000 feet of waterfront facing Rock Creek, the
Patapsco River, and the Bay. Weinberg Park, not yet developed, is about
twice the size of Ft. Smallwood Park and has almost twice the length of
waterfront mainly facing Rock Creek.
From Ft. Smallwood Park you can see, on a clear day, the Eastern Shore,
Pooles Island, Hart-Miller Island, Craighill Channel light houses,
North Point (where the British landed in their attack on Baltimore in
the 1812 War), Sparrows Point steel mill, Key Bridge, and finally, the
tall buildings of downtown Baltimore, in the distance to the west. A
new 380-foot fishing pier has been added to the park which is open
every day except Wednesdays. Ft. Smallwood Park, previously owned by
Baltimore City is now under long term lease to Anne Arundel County.
This park is a good location in the fall for spotting migrating raptors.
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