Potomac River Trail - This hiking trail doubles as a service road that joins the original Chapman's Landing Road to the Potomac River. The 0.6 mile trail roughly marks the boundary between a dry sandy woodland (to the northeast), and a more moist, richer forest (to the southwest).
Marsh Trail - This marked trail branches off of the Potomac River Trail, and meanders through a fertile bottomland woods that contrasts the sandier woodland along the Potomac shoreline. The 0.7 mile trail leads to an unusual "scrub-shrub" marsh which is separated from the Potomac River by a narrow spit.
Coastal Woodlands Trail - This clearly marked, 1-mile trail joins the Potomac River Trail to make a 1.5 mile loop. The trail runs through various habitats, including a terrace gravel forest and a coastal oak forest, to eventually run along the Potomac shoreline.
Chapman State Park is located at 3452 Ferry Place in Indian Head, Maryland.<br /><br />From the DC area:<br />DC Beltway (I-695) to Indian Head Highway (Exit 3) - MD Route 210 S<br />Continue on Route 210 for approximately 10 miles to the light at Bryans Road (stay straight)<br />From Bryans Road - Follow for 1.1 miles to Chapmans Landing Road - Veer right off the highway<br />Continue for 1.6 miles to the entrance sign - on your right<br /><br />The driveway gate is usually locked. Visitors are encouraged to park in the small designated area just outside the main gate and enter using the "Walk-In Gate" to the left.
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