Quiet Waters Park

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Quiet Waters Park is a park located in eastern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Anne Arundel Recreation and Parks Department manages the 340-acre park. It is open all year. Friends of Quiet Waters Park is one of the organisations that uses the park. It draws 700,000 tourists per year as of 2010.
Quiet Waters Park near Deerfield Beach, Florida, is a 430-acre (1.7 km2) Broward County park. The yearly Renaissance Festival and the Ski Rixen cable water-skiing system are also popular attractions at Quiet Waters Park. Ski Rixen is the only wakeboard and water ski resort in South Florida, and one of the world’s 79 cable water-ski destinations. Quiet Waters also has unique Rent-a-Tent and Tepees, a marina with boat rentals, Woofing Waters dog park, multiple lakes for fishing, basketball courts, and a seasonally open Splash Adventure children’s water park. Mountain bike trails and the Eagle’s Nest children’s open-space playground are also available.
On Harness Creek, Quiet Waters Park includes a dock where visitors can launch their canoes and kayaks. At the dock, you can rent pedal boats, row boats, kayaks, canoes, paddle boards, and bicycles by the hour or day.

Quiet Waters Park Amenities

The Blue Heron Center, located in Quiet Waters Park, is an indoor dining venue that hosts weddings, conferences, and other formal occasions. The facility seats up to 150 people at 15 round and four rectangular tables and may be booked in eight-hour increments. A beautiful terrace with fountains, a caterer’s prep kitchen, and vehicle parking are all available at the Blue Heron Center.
The Friends of Quiet Waters Park use an outdoor concert stage on Quiet Waters Park Road to hold free concerts and events.
In the South River, near the southernmost area of Quiet Waters Park, there is a dog beach. A chain-link fence surrounds it in part. A dog park is also available at Quiet Waters Park, which is totally enclosed by a chain-link fence.
Two small and four big covered pavilions with grills and picnic tables are available at Quiet Waters Park. Parties and cookouts can be held in the pavilions, which can be hired.
The park’s 340 acres are home to six kilometres of paved paths.
At the visitor centre, you may learn more about Quiet Waters Park. The Willow Gallery, the Garden Gallery, and the Dogwood Gallery are among the center’s three art galleries. These showcase regional and local artists’ work.

History Quiet Waters Park

Following a long political battle, the park opened on Labor Day in 1990. The park’s opening was “the biggest political fight in my 16 years in politics,” according to then-County Executive O. James Lighthizer, but it was worth it because “everyone in the community, no exceptions,” adored it after it opened.
Developers planned to build 250 luxury residences on the ground where the park now stands in early 1986. When the city of Annapolis and Lighthizer learned of this, they interfered, and on October 30, 1987, the county purchased the site. Some residents believed the property should be left alone, but a concept for a park inspired by Druid Hill Park in Baltimore and Central Park in New York City was put into motion. The park’s construction cost $12 million, far beyond the $8 million budgeted.

Quiet Waters Park Location

600 Quiet Waters Park Rd, Annapolis, MD 21403, United States
https://www.aacounty.org/departments/recreation-parks/parks/quiet-waters/

+14102221777

Quiet Waters Park is situated between the South River and Harness Creek. Visitors can enjoy trails winding through forests and past grassy fields, children’s playground, or picnic among 340 acres of beautiful park land.