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Chapter 2 the Park Today Chapter 2. WATKINS REGIONAL PARK MASTER PARK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2. The Park Today Background Location and Site Description Watkins Regional Park is a jewel in Prince George’s County. More than 839 acres in size, it is located near Upper Marlboro, between MD 214 (Central Avenue) and MD 202 (Largo Road), east of Interstate 495 and west of MD 193 (Watkins Park Drive). Founded in 1964, the park is named after The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s (M-NCPPC) former chairman, Robert M. Watkins. It is one of four regional parks operated by M-NCPPC in the county. Attracting more than one million visitors a year, the park offers the following activities for visitors: Playgrounds, including the recent addition of the Wizard of Oz Imagination playground $WKOHWLF¿HOGVLQGRRUDQGRXWGRRU tennis courts and basketball courts Group picnic shelters and family picnic areas $PXVHPHQWIDFLOLWLHV±&KHVDSHDNH Carousel, mini-golf and train Watkins Nature Center (WNC) Old Maryland Farm (OMF) Watkins Regional Park, red line indicates Paved walking paths, woodland trails, and boardwalks park boundary $FUHVRISURWHFWHGQDWXUDODUHDVDQGOHDVHGIDUP¿HOGV Chelsea Historic Manor Largo/Kettering/Perrywood Community Center Camping Special events and programming The Department of Parks and Recreation’s system is divided into three major recreational planning and operation areas: Northern, Central, and Southern.1 Seven sub-areas were outlined in Volume 2: 2040 Vision and Framework. Watkins Regional Park is located in the Central East sub-area of the county. This sub-area has the highest population of all sub-areas in the county.2 It is surrounded by established 1 M-NCPPC Volume 2: Vision and Framework. Page 91. 2 M-NCPPC Volume 1: Needs & Resource Assessment. Page 22. 2-1 Final Draft - December 2018 M-NCPPC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION neighborhoods of single family and town homes, it is within a mile of the Prince George’s Community College Campus on MD 202 (Largo Road). Riverdale Baptist School, a private school serving nursery through 12th graders, is located across Largo Road from the park’s southern entrance and First Baptist Church of Glenarden is across MD 193 (Watkins Park Drive) along the park’s southern section. The park is bifurcated by property owned by Pepco, an Excelon Company, that runs from the park’s northeastern corner at the dead end of Old Enterprise Road to the park’s southern edge on MD 202 (Largo Road). Pepco has strict requirements for which activities can and cannot take place on its property. Site History Watkins Regional Park is on land that was part of the former Chelsea Plantation. There are current standing structures associated with the plantation and structures associated with the 19th and 20th centuries, including the Old Maryland Farm which is located on what remains of an early 20th century farm. The bulk of the park was acquired during two different time periods between the 1960s and 1990s, and totals approximately 840 acres. The northern portion of the park was acquired in 1964 and many of the park’s current features were in place in the northern portion by 1970. The southern portion of the park was acquired much later, with the last parcel in 1996. Home to the Chelsea Historic Site3, the Largo/Kettering/Perrywood Community Center and the Perrywood Elementary School, much of the acreage in the south is currently leased to a local farmer. 6LWHSODQGDWHG0DUFKVKRZVWKHQRUWKHUQSRUWLRQRIWKHSDUNLQPXFKWKHVDPHFRQ¿JXUDWLRQDVUHPDLQV today. A 1979 site plan indicates an intent to move the park infrastructure from a dependency on well water and septic systems to pubic water and sewer. One restroom remains on septic service today in the northern portion of the SDUNDQGZHOOZDWHULVVWLOOXVHGIRULUULJDWLRQRIWKHDWKOHWLF¿HOGV 3 Noted Antebellum Plantations in Prince George’s County, Maryland on page 78 in Table 8; MIHP ID PG:73- DQGLGHQWL¿HGDVEHLQJRIWKH1DWLRQDO3HULRGGXULQJWKH\HDUV± 2-2 Final Draft - December 2018 WATKINS REGIONAL PARK MASTER PARK DEVELOPMENT PLAN A master plan for the park was proposed in the late 1990s, but was not adopted. It included a new entry drive that connected the spur road with the covered bridge and the northern section of the park. The plan focused on four big additions to the southern portion: the development of a botanic garden; the addition of a large pond just east of the Pepco property and water features in WKHVRXWKDEDOO¿HOG and group use area; and the relocation of Old Maryland Farm. Three of these proposals DUHUHÀHFWHGLQWKHFXUUHQW Watkins Regional Park Master Park Development Plan recommendations for improvements in the southern portion of the park: the focus on gardens and agriculture; the addition of athletic facilities; and the relocation of Old Maryland Farm. The pond and added water features Image of earlier master plan, with proposed botanic garden and Old Maryland are not feasible due to Farm located in the southern portion of the site environmental restrictions. Tree Conservation Plans (TCP) are in place for the northern DQGVRXWKHUQSRUWLRQVRIWKHSDUN7&3¶V¿UVW GRFXPHQWDWLRQZDVRQDQG7&3¶V¿UVWHQWU\ was on 7-11-95. Areas subject to the restrictions in place from these documents are noted in the master park development plan. What is a Regional Park? Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation LGHQWL¿HGVHYHQPDMRUW\SHVRISDUNVIRULWVPRUHWKDQ acres of parkland. These are: Neighborhood Community ParkPark Boundary Boundary Feet PEPCO property 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 WoodlandPEPCO Preservation property (TCP, April 2013) ¯ Regional Afforestation Regeneration (TCP, April 2013) Natural Regeneration (TCP, April 2013) InconsistencyWoodland in Data Sets (LKLA)Preservation (TCP, April 2013) Countywide Afforestation Regeneration (TCP, April 2013) Natural Regeneration (TCP, April 2013) Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community Special facilities Inconsistency in Data Sets (LKLA) Natural areas/Conservation areas Portion of Watkins Regional Park regulated by Undeveloped parks TCP and owned by Pepco 2-3 Final Draft - December 2018 M-NCPPC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Prince George’s County has four SCAGGSVILLE RD GLEN BURNIE BYPASS DORS EY RD ASHTON RD Howard WASHINGTON BLVD JESSUP RD NORWOOD RD PAT UXENT F RWY RIDGE RD COLUMBIA PIKE County regional parks as shown on the Fairland Regional OOD RD R D VETERANS HWY MUNCASTER MILL R CA SPENCERV REECE RD ILLE RD Regional Parks RD D RDD SAVA GE RD 2ND ST GORMAN AVE adjacent diagram. 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