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Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm (Maryland)
LocationPrince George's County, Maryland, USA
Nearest cityOxon Hill, Maryland
Coordinates38°48′17″N 77°00′43″W / 38.8046°N 77.01182°W / 38.8046; -77.01182
Established1959
Governing bodyNational Park Service
Oxon Cove Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Oxon Hill Farm, December 2010
LocationGovernment Farm Rd., Oxon Hill, Maryland
Area289 acres (117 ha)
Architectural styleItalianate, et al.
NRHP reference No.03000869[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 02, 2003

Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Cove Farm is a national historic district that includes a living farm museum operated by the National Park Service, and located at Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is part of National Capital Parks-East. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

The park provides an excellent resource for environmental studies, wildlife observing, fishing, and other recreational activities made possible by easy access to the Potomac River. Fourteen buildings and two structures are located in the historic district and associated with the property's sequential development as a plantation, an institutional agricultural complex, and a farm museum.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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