Kinder Farm Park

Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, US

39°06′05″N 76°35′04″W / 39.1014984°N 76.584409°W / 39.1014984; -76.584409Area288 acres (117 ha)

Kinder Farm Park is a park located in rural Millersvile, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The park contains 288 acres (1.17 km²) and is operated by Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks. It is open year-round. Organizations using the park include the Friends of Kinder Farm Park^[1] and the Kinder Farm Park 4H Livestock Club.^[2]

History

The park is named after the Kinder family, who once ran the farm that now exists within the park. The family made its first land purchases within Anne Arundel County in 1892, and at their peak owned 1,100 acres of farmland within the county.^[3] In the decades that followed World War II, the family slowly began selling off pieces of the land for residential development. In 1979, they decided to sell the remaining 288 acres to Anne Arundel County on the condition that the land be used as a park. They did this because they wanted to preserve the farm's history and provide an open space in an area that was becoming more and more developed.^[4]

References

^ "Friends of Kinder Farm Park". www.kinderfarmpark.org. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "kinderpark4h.org - Registered at Namecheap.com". www.kinderpark4h.org. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "Kinder Farm Park offers footpaths, horse trails and fishing. But its central feature is the focus on Anne Arundel's agricultural legacy". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heisch, Sandra. "Kinder Farm Park History - Anne Arundel County, MD". www.aacounty.org. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

Protected areas of Maryland

Federal

National battlefields	Antietam Monocacy
National historical parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
National historic sites	Clara Barton Hampton Thomas Stone
National monuments	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National seashores	Assateague Island
National Park Service parks	Catoctin Mountain Fort Foote Fort Washington Glen Echo Greenbelt Harmony Hall Oxon Cove and Oxon Hill Farm Piscataway
National wildlife refuges	Blackwater Eastern Neck Glenn Martin Patuxent Research Susquehanna River
National historic and scenic trails	Appalachian Captain John Smith Chesapeake Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner
Other protected areas	Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	Assateague Big Run Bill Burton Fishing Pier Calvert Cliffs Canal Place Casselman River Bridge Chapel Point Cunningham Falls Dans Mountain Deep Creek Lake Elk Neck Fort Frederick Fort Tonoloway Gambrill Gathland Greenbrier Greenwell Gunpowder Falls Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Hart-Miller Island Herrington Manor Janes Island Martinak Matapeake New Germany North Point Palmer Patapsco Valley Patuxent River Pocomoke River Point Lookout Purse Rocks Rocky Gap Rosaryville Sandy Point Seneca Creek Smallwood South Mountain St. Clement's Island St. Mary's River Susquehanna Swallow Falls Tuckahoe Washington Monument Wye Oak
State forests	Cedarville Chesapeake Doncaster Elk Neck Garrett Green Ridge Mount Nebo Pocomoke Potomac Savage River Seth Stoney Wicomico
Wildlife management areas	Avondale Belle Grove Billmeyer Bodkin Island Bowen Cedar Island Cedar Point Cheltenham Chicamuxen Chicone Creek Cunningham Swamp Dan's Mountain Deal Island Devil Island Area Dierssen E.A. Vaughn Earleville Ellis Bay Fairmount Fishing Bay Fort Hill Globe Com Gravel Hill Swamp Grove Farm Gwynnbrook Heater's Island Hopkins Branch Hugg-Thomas Idylwild Indian Springs Islands of the Potomac Isle of Wight Johnson Kent Island Research Center Le Compte Linkwood Little Patuxent Oxbow Maryland Marine Properties McIntosh Run McKee-Beshers Millington Mt. Nebo Myrtle Grove Nanjemoy Nanjemoy Creek Nanticoke River Old Bohemia Parker's Creek Pocomoke River Pocomoke Sound Prather's Neck Ridenour Swamp Riverside Sideling Hill Sinepuxent Bay South Marsh Island Strider Tar Bay Taylors Island Warrior Mountain Wellington Wetipquin
Natural environment areas	Belt Woods Mattawoman Morgan Run Severn Run Soldiers Delight Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River Zekiah Swamp

County and
municipal

Parks and sanctuaries	Acorn Allen Pond Belmont Benjamin Banneker Blandair Carroll Centennial Clifton Constitution Cromwell Valley Cylburn Arboretum David Force Dinosaur Druid Hill Fairgrounds Falls Road Federal Hill Flag Ponds Fort Smallwood Foxhill Gene Mason Generals Gwynn Oak Gwynns Falls/Leakin Hagerstown City Herring Run Jefferson Patterson Jonas Green Jug Bay Wetlands Kinder Farm Lake Artemesia Lake Elkhorn Lake Kittamaqundi Lake Roland Lakelands Liberty Reservoir Loch Raven Middle Patuxent Oregon Ridge Patterson Pen Mar Prettyboy Reservoir Quiet Waters Riverside Rockburn Branch Sligo Creek Symphony Woods Thomas A. Dixon Jr. Aircraft Observation Area Troy Wheaton Wilde Lake Wyman

Parks and sanctuaries

Acorn
Allen Pond
Belmont
Benjamin Banneker
Blandair
Carroll
Centennial
Clifton
Constitution
Cromwell Valley
Cylburn Arboretum
David Force
Dinosaur
Druid Hill
Fairgrounds
Falls Road
Federal Hill
Flag Ponds
Fort Smallwood
Foxhill
Gene Mason
Generals
Gwynn Oak
Gwynns Falls/Leakin
Hagerstown City
Herring Run
Jefferson Patterson
Jonas Green
Jug Bay Wetlands
Kinder Farm
Lake Artemesia
Lake Elkhorn
Lake Kittamaqundi
Lake Roland
Lakelands
Liberty Reservoir
Loch Raven
Middle Patuxent
Oregon Ridge
Patterson
Pen Mar
Prettyboy Reservoir
Quiet Waters
Riverside
Rockburn Branch
Sligo Creek
Symphony Woods
Thomas A. Dixon Jr. Aircraft Observation Area
Troy
Wheaton
Wilde Lake
Wyman

Non-
governmental

Parks and sanctuaries	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Conservation and Environmental Research Areas of UMBC Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary and Visitor's Center Mount Pleasant Farm Center Sherwood Gardens Somers Cove Marina Sugarloaf Mountain University of Maryland Arboretum & Botanical Garden Western Maryland Rail Trail Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
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