Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm - Maryland

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Photo of Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm courtesy NPS

The primary feature of Oxon Cove Park is Oxon Hill Farm which operates as an actual working farm, representative of the early 20th century.

You can see a farm house, barns, a stable, feed building, livestock buildings and a visitor activity barn. It exhibits basic farming principles and techniques as well as historical agricultural programs for urban people to develop an understanding of cropping and animal husbandry.

From the 1890's until the 1950`s, Oxon Hill Farm was operated by patients from St. Elizabeth Hospital. It provided therapy as well as food for the patients at the institution. The land area varies from low flat river shoreline to high river terraces with intermediate rolling hills created by a reclaimed sanitary landfill which existed on the site until the mid-seventies.

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Facilities available at Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm:



Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm website
Recreation Area Map
Park Email: nace_superintendent@nps.gov

Phone numbers
Visitor Information 301-839-1176

Address
6411 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745