Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area | |
Map: | USA Maryland |
Map Size: | 280 |
Relief: | 1 |
Location: | Charles, Maryland, United States |
Coordinates: | 38.5422°N -77.2236°W |
Area Acre: | 381 |
Operator: | Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Website: | Chicamuxen WMA |
Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area is a state Wildlife Management Area along Chickamuxen Creek near the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland. The area includes a variety of landforms from marshland to rolling forest. The area provides duck and white-tailed deer habitat. The area was the location of an encampment for General Joseph Hooker's troops during the American Civil War.[1]