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Get Driving DirectionsPoint Lookout State Park Description
This park's peaceful surroundings on a peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County belie its history as the location of a camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. A museum on site recounts this vivid history. A park map is available at park headquarters, the camp office, camp store and the Civil War Museum/Marshland Nature Center. The Point Lookout Lighthouse is currently closed for renovations.
Coordinates
: 38.061, -76.337Area
: 1,079 acres (4.37 km²)Official Link
: Point Lookout State Park