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Point Lookout State Park
- Established
- 1965
- Acreage
- 1,046 · 1,046 acres at the southern tip of St. Mary's Peninsula; established 1965 by the State Forest & Park Service (100 years after the Civil War)
- Location
- St. Mary's County, MD (southernmost tip of mainland Maryland where the Potomac meets the Chesapeake)
- Key features
- Site of Civil War Camp Hoffman (largest Union POW camp, 52,000+ Confederate prisoners 1863-1865); Point Lookout Lighthouse (1830); Civil War Museum; sandy bay beaches
- Activities
- Swimming, fishing, crabbing, kayaking, camping, history programs, ghost tours, lighthouse tours (seasonal)
- Notable
- Site of Camp Hoffman — the largest Union prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War, which held over 52,000 Confederate soldiers between 1863 and 1865; nearly 4,000 prisoners died here
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Source: dnr.maryland.gov · 2026-05-14