{{Short description|State park in Maryland, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Purse Area of Nanjemoy WMA | iucn_category = | iucn_ref = <!-- images --> | image = Purse State Park Feb 20, 2017, 12-018 edit (33094100811).jpg | image_caption = Purse State Park, February 2017 <!-- map --> | map = USA Maryland#USA | image_map = | map_size = | map_caption = Location in Maryland | relief = 1 <!-- location --> | location = Charles, Maryland, United States | nearest_city = | nearest_town = | coordinates = {{coord|38|25|49|N|77|15|10|W|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name=gnis /> <!-- stats --> | length = | length_mi = | length_km = | width = | width_mi = | width_km = | area_acre = 149 | area_ref = <ref name=2013report/> | elevation = {{convert|3|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|1677125|Purse State Park}}</ref> | elevation_avg = | elevation_min = | elevation_max = | dimensions = | designation = <!-- dates & info --> | authorized = | created = | designated = | established = Unspecified | named_for = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | governing_body = | administrator = | operator = Maryland Department of Natural Resources | owner = <!-- website, embedded --> | website = [http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/publiclands/southern/nanjemoy.aspx Nanjemoy WMA] | module = }}
'''Purse State Park''' is a former Maryland state park located on the Potomac River in Charles County that has been subsumed into the {{convert|1365|acre|adj=on}} Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area.<ref name=wma/> As the Purse Area, the former park is known for fossil hunting on the beaches of Wades Bay at the southern end of the Nanjemoy WMA. Fossil discoveries have included shark teeth and Cibicides.<ref name=mdnr/><ref name=forminifera/>
==References== <references> <ref name=2013report>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.maryland.gov/land/stewardship/pdfs/currentacreagereport.pdf |title=FY2013 DNR Owned Lands Acreage Report |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027053310/http://dnr.maryland.gov/land/stewardship/pdfs/currentacreagereport.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=mdnr>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/purse.asp |title=Purse State Park |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302022349/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/purse.asp |archive-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=wma>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/publiclands/southern/nanjemoy.aspx| title=Nanjemoy WMA |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=forminifera>{{cite web |url=http://www.foraminifera.eu/purse.html |title=Foraminifera, Purse State Park, Maryland |publisher=The Foraminifera.eu-Project |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *[http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/publiclands/southern/nanjemoy.aspx Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area] Maryland Department of Natural Resources *[http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Documents/nanjemoymap.pdf Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area Map] Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Category:Parks in Charles County, Maryland Category:State parks of Maryland