Welcome to Cache Across Maryland 2025. This is one of the caches placed for the 2025 Cache Across Maryland. Each location was picked specifically to give geocachers a taste of the state and show you its beauty. By combining all ten, you'll be able to see why Maryland is truly "America in Miniature". We hope you enjoy them! You must find a minimum of ten caches prior to the picnic held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in order to receive a free Maryland Geocaching Society CAM geocoin.
Make note of the code word found inside each cache container. You must enter all the words into an online decoder in order to print a claim form to print and submit to receive your geocoin at the picnic, as well as your CAM certificate. More info on CAM is available HERE.
Bohemia State Park
MANDATORY CAM CACHE
Hours: 7 AM to Sunset
Fee: Payable ONLY by Credit or Debit Card
$3.00 - Maryland Resident
$5.00 - Out-of-State Visitors
(May use annual state park pass or Golden Age pass or military/veteran ID; however, a swipe card is necessary for those with a pass to enter via the automated gate. To obtain a swipe card (no additional fee), email a photo of your existing park pass or military/veteran ID to bohemiariver.statepark@maryland.gov or contact the Duty Ranger at 667-500-2417 for more information.)
Bohemia River State Park is a public recreation area along the north bank of the Great Bohemia Creek, a tributary of the Bohemia River. The state park's environmental mix includes agricultural fields, hardwood forests, marshes, beaches, tidal inlets and open water. The park has 5 miles of natural-surface, multi-use trails and is used for low-impact recreational activities including hiking, biking, wildlife viewing, fishing and hunting.
Bohemia River State Park opened on Earth Day in 2022. The state of Maryland purchased the site in 2017 and began making improvements in 2021. Further improvements including the establishment of five more miles of trails and access to a boat launch area are planned for 2025.
Background
In the summer of 2017 the Department of Natural Resources completed the purchase of 460 acres in southern Cecil County, outside the Town of Chesapeake City, for the future development of a state park.
The property includes approximately 225 acres of upland and hydric forest, 60 acres set aside for planned conservation and 29 acres for planned habitat restoration. An additional 112 acres are being maintained as agricultural land. The shoreline features 8,600 feet of waterfront along Great Bohemia Creek, 1,500 feet of first-order non-tidal streams and 40 acres of emergent wetland. The forested areas of the park contain potential habitat for forest interior dwelling species with opportunities for expansion and the wetland areas contain rare threatened or endangered plant species. The terrain includes numerous ephemeral streams, meadows, small tributaries and wetlands. Historically, the entire acreage of the park was cultivated land and evidence of former farming activity is evident in the young woods that characterize the forested areas.
History and Historical Infrastructure: The name “Bohemia” is based on more than 350 years of historical references to the land. Earliest mention was in the late 1600s of "Bohemia Manor, " property acquired by Augustine Herman, a native of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). In the 1650s, the Dutch wanted to extend their rule of New Amsterdam (New York) into Maryland. They sent Herman to Maryland’s colonial capital to present their case to the governor, Lord Baltimore. Herman’s expedition left New Castle, Delaware, and sailed down the modern-day Bohemia River (then Opperquermine) into the Chesapeake Bay. Although Herman was not able to convince Lord Baltimore to allow the Dutch to move east, he was employed by him to produce a map of the region in return for a grant of land. Herman selected his first grant of 4000 acres and named it “Bohemia Manor” after his birthplace.
Today, the section of Route 213 along which Bohemia River State Park is located is aptly named Augustine Herman Highway. The land was farmed by a succession of landowners, the most prominent of which were the Bayards, who owned the property until the State's purchase.
For the cache, this is a quick 2-stage multi. Park in the lot using the parking waypoint. Head down the trail for stage 1. Find the first container to find the coordinates for the final cache. When you get the coordinates from stage 1, go to your left to get onto the red blazed trail. Take note of the code word. Replace all containers as found or better.
