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Allegany County
Property	Location	Acreage
Battie Mixon Fishing Hole	MD Route 51 at Oldtown	33
Cotton Cove Pond	Lion’s Park Glendening Recreational Complex in Frostburg	1
Dan’s Mountain Pond	MD Route 36 two miles east of Lonaconing	1
Evitts Creek Community Ponds	I-68, Exit 46 four miles east of Cumberland	4
Lions Park Pond	Frostburg (subject to user restrictions by the city of Frostburg)	1
Orchard Pond	MD Route 51 Green Ridge State Forest	2
* Rocky Gap Lake (Lake Habeeb)	I-68, Exit 50 five miles northwest of Flintstone	243
White Sulphur Community Pond	I-68, Exit 62 Green Ridge State Forest, 12 miles east of Flintstone	1
Anne Arundel County
Friendship Park Pond	Route 778, Friendship	1
Friendship Pond	MD Route 176	1
Lake Waterford	Route 648 near Severna Park	11
Patuxent Ponds	Patuxent Road near Conoways	3.2
Waterworks Park	by permit only	1.5
Baltimore County
Avalon Pond (Lost Lake) Glen Artney Area	within Patapsco Valley State Park, entrance on South St. off MD Rt.1	1
Gwynbrook Community Pond	off U.S. Route 140 near Owings Mills	1.3
Hillcrest Pond	MD Route 144 at Lansdowne	4
Lake Roland	MD Route 139 Baltimore	98.2
* Liberty Reservoir	MD Route 26 near Ward’s Chapel	3100
* Loch Raven Reservoir	MD Route 146; Dulaney Valley Road	2400
* Prettyboy Reservoir	off MD Route 25 and U.S. Route 111, Beckleysville Road	1500
Calvert County
Calvert Cliffs Park Pond	Route 4, near Lusby	1
Hutchins Pond	off Mt. Harmony Road, off Route 2, near Sunderland	2.3
Caroline County
Chambers Lake	MD Route 306 in Federalsburg	6
* Smithville Lake	U.S. Route 404 east to Noble Road	40
Carroll County
Property	Location	Acreage
Bennett Cerf Pond	off MD Route 27 within Random House Industrial Park	1
Farm Museum Pond	west of MD Route 32 near Westminster	4.7
Lake Hashawha	off Rinehart Road	1
* Liberty Reservoir	Route 26 near Wards Chapel	3100
North Carroll Community Pond	MD Route 30 at Manchester	1.2
* Piney Run Reservoir	MD Route 32 near Eldersburg	300
Robert’s Mill Pond	east of Taneytown, north of Route 140	2
Upper John Owings	John Owings Road	0.5
Westminster Community Pond	U.S. Route 140 at Westminster	1.3
Cecil County
* Conowingo Reservoir	U.S. Route 1 at Conowingo	4000
Elkton Community Pond	MD Route 281 east of MD Route 213	1.3
Rising Sun Community Pond	MD Route 273 in Rising Sun	1
* Stemmers Lake	Stemmers Run Road at MD Route 282—telephone 410-356-9272 for permission	90
Charles County
* Gilbert Run Park (Wheatley Lake)	MD Route 6; east of Oliver’s Shop	75
Hughesville Community Pond	MD Route 5 at Hughesville	1
* Myrtle Grove Lake	MD Route 225 near Ripley	23
Dorchester County
Galestown Lake	Galestown Road east of MD Route 313	15
Frederick County
Brunswick Community Pond	U.S. Route 79 at Brunswick House Industrial Park	1
* Cunningham Falls Lake	MD Route 77 west of Thurmont	42
Emmitsburg Reservoir (Rainbow Lake)	Hampton Valley Road near Emmitsburg—Town Permit Required	8
Frank Bentz Memorial Pond	MD Route 77 west of Thurmont	2
Gambrill Community Pond	U.S. Route 40 near Frederick	1
Libertytown Community Pond	MD Route 75 at Libertytown	1
Urbana Community Pond	Dixon Road off Route 80 at Urbana	5

The use of boats or motors on ponds and lakes is subject to local restrictions. Consult with local authorities before making your trip.

* Designates locations with boat ramp facilities.

Garrett County
Property	Location	Acreage
Accident Community Pond	U.S. Route 219 Accident	1
* Broadford Lake	MD Route 135 at Mt. Lake Park	230
* Deep Creek Lake	U.S. Route 219, McHenry	3900
* Herrington Manor Lake	U.S. Route 219 five miles north of Oakland	44
* New Germany Lake	I-68, Exit 22 six miles south of Grantsville	10
Piney Reservoir	U.S. Route 40 Alt. north on Piney Run Road east of Grantsville	18
Pleasant Valley Lake	MD Route 495 twelve miles south of Grantsville	18
* Jennings Randolph Lake	MD Route 135 south on Mt. Zion Road five miles from Kitzmiller on West Virginia Route 46	952
* Savage Reservoir	MD Route 135 on Savage River Road	350
* Youghiogheny Reservoir	MD Route 42 two miles north of Friendsville	800
Harford County
Bynum Run Community Pond	MD Route 22 at Bel Air	1.1
* Conowingo Reservoir	Broad Creek Landing and Glen Cove Marina—Darlington, MD	4000
Churchville Community Pond	MD Route 155 at Glenville Road	1.5
Dublin Dell Community Pond	MD Route 136 in Dublin	1
Forest Branch Park	Joppatowne, Foster Branch Road	1
Forest Hill Community Pond	MD Route 23 at Forest Hill	1.3
Howard County
* Centennial Lake	Columbia	50
Lake Elkhorn	Columbia	37
Guilford Park Pond	MD Route 32 off Interstate 95	0.5
Lake Kittamaqundi	Columbia	31
Wilde Lake	Columbia	22
kent County
Millington Wildlife Management Ponds (4)	Massey Delaware Line Road, east of Massey—telephone 410-928-3650 for permission	3.7
Sassafras NRMA Pond	Kennedyville	2
* Urieville Community Lake	MD Route 213 north of Chestertown	35
Montgomery County
Clopper Lake	within Seneca State Park	90
* Duckett Reservoir	MD Route 198 and U.S. Route 29 Burtonsville	800
Kings Community Pond	U.S. Route 355 and MD Route 121 Clarksburg	1
Lake Frank	MD Route 115 near Norbeck	54
Lake Needwood	MD Route 115 near Norbeck	74
* Little Seneca Lake	near Boyds	505
Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Pond	1120 Jackson Road, Silver Spring	5
Pine Lake	MD Route 97 near Wheaton	5
* Triadelphia Reservoir	off MD Route 650 near Brighton	800
Prince George’s County
Property	Location	Acreage
Allens Pond	MD Route 197 near Bowie	10
Bowie Town Center Pond	off Mitchellville Road, Bowie	8
Cedarville Pond	off Cedarville Road in Cedarville State Forest	4
Cosca Lake	Thrift Road south of Clinton	11
Duck Pond	U.S. Route 193 and Adelphi Road in University Hills Park	1
Governor Bridge Natural Area Pond	Governor Bridge Rd, Bowie	8
Greenbelt Lake	off Crescent Road in Greenbelt Park	21
Lake Artemesia	Branchville Road, Berwyn Heights	38
Laurel Lake	Route 1 and Cherry Lane, Laurel	11
Melwood Community Pond	MD Route 223, Woodyard Road between MD Routes 4 and 5	1.3
Merkle Ponds	Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary, off Fenno Road	2
Milltown Landing Pond	Patuxent River Park, off Milltown Landing Road	1
Schoolhouse Pond	across from County Administration Building in Upper Marlboro	4
Tucker Pond	Tucker Road near Oxon Hill	1.4
Queen Anne’s County
* TUCKAHOE LAKE	Rt.404 east to Rt. 480 to Eveland Rd to Crouse Mill Rd.	43
* Unicorn Lake	MD Route 313 south of Millington	45
* Wye Mills Community Lake	MD Route 662 south of U.S. Route 50	50
St. Mary’s County
* St. Mary’s Lake	MD Route 5, Calloway	250
Washington County
* Big Pool	I-70, exit 12 MD Route 56 east of Fort Frederick State Park	88
* Blairs Valley Lake	Blairs Valley Road north of Clear Spring	35
BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY POND	MD Route 67 at Brownsville	1.2
* Greenbrier Lake	Greenbrier State Park, U.S. Route 40 near Hagerstown	42
Indian Springs Community Pond	Mooresville Road eight miles west of Clear Spring	1.3
Little Pool	off MD Route 615 east of Hancock	18
Wicomico County
* Johnsons Lake	Isabella Street at U.S. Route 50 to Lake Street	108
* LEONARDS MILL LAKE	U.S Route 13 north of Salisbury	30
Powellville Pond	MD Route 354 in Powellville	4
Shumaker Lake	MD Route 12 in Salisbury	35
Worcester County
Big Mills Lake	Big Mills Road west of MD Route 12	10
Moore’s Pond	U.S. Route 13 near Pocomoke City	2

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