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Jug Bay Natural Area: Visitor's Center

Jug Bay Natural Area: Visitor's Center

16000 Croom Airport Road
Upper Marlboro, MD

Amenities

16000 Croom Airport Road
Upper Marlboro, MD

Tel: 301-627-6074; TTY 711

Email: patuxentriverpark@pgparks.com

Hours:
Mon-Sun : 9 am-4 pm

Exterior view of a two-story building with weathered wooden siding and a green peaked roof.

A bench sits where a wooden waterfront boardwalk-style path forks into a Y.

Several people gather under a large picnic shelter with more than a dozen picnic tables under it.

A small building with a green peaked roof, weathered wooden siding, and a door on which is painted the words ECOLOGY LAB.

A long, elevated, wooden footbridge stretches out across a serene body of water.

Amenities

Amphitheater
Parking Lot
Restrooms & Comfort Stations
Shop
Trail Access
Waterfront

Rentals

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A lovely sunset viewed from the perspective of someone sitting in an aluminum canoe on a calm body of water. The bow of the canoe points toward the pink sun as it sets behind blue-gray clouds. The sunset is reflected in the still water, and trees are visible on the far shore.

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