Maryland Province Properties

St. Inigoes

Located less than 5 miles south of historic St. Mary’s City in St. Mary’s County, the 985-acre St. Inigoes peninsula’s includes 8 miles shoreline separating the St. Mary’s River and Smith Creek. The property’s features would make it a suitable future state forest.

Captain John Smith most likely viewed the landscape while hugging the shoreline of the Potomac River on June 17, 1608. Preservation of the St. Inigoes property also helps to prevent development encroachment upon the U.S. Navy’s Webster Field.

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Quick Facts

985+/- acres of woodlands, wetlands, and agricultural land between the St. Mary’s River and Smith Creek in St. Mary’s County.

Broad peninsula extending into the Potomac River containing 8.4 miles of shoreline

Conservation protects water quality, enhance recreational water-access and historical education opportunities as an integral part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

Originally acquired as part of a larger 4,000 acre tract in 1634 as a grant from King Charles I of England

Future State Forest

For more information:

Dave Gailey
Maryland Forest Service
Regional Forester
(301) 880-2746
dgailey@dnr.state.md.us