St. Charles Parkway
St. Charles Parkway is an unnumbered county road in Charles County. It begins at the intersection where MD 5 branches off northwards on Mattawoman Beantown Road and MD 5 BUS (Leonardtown Road) continues westward until its terminus at US Route 301. It primarily serves as the main road into the various villages and neighborhoods of St. Charles. In 2008, the parkway was extended farther south to connect with the town of La Plata at the intersection of Rosewick Road and Radio Station Road.[1] This offers through traffic another route around the often-congested US 301 in Waldorf.
St. Charles Parkway serves the following neighborhoods:
- Sentry Woods (part of Huntington Neighborhood/Smallwood Village) via St. Marks Drive
- Wakefield Neighborhood (part of Smallwood Village) via St. Thomas Drive
- Huntington Neighborhood (part of Smallwood Village) via Post Office Road
- Bannister Neighborhood (part of Smallwood Village) via St. Ignatius Drive
- Sheffield Neighborhood (part of Fairway Village) via St. Andrews Drive
- Carrington Neighborhood (part of Smallwood Village) via Dartmouth Road, Cambridge Drive, Duncannon Road, and Kintore Road
- Heritage Active Adult Community (part of Fairway Village) via Demarr Road
According to the St. Charles Master Plan,[2][3] future neighborhoods and villages that will be served by the Parkway include:
- Gleneagles Neighborhood (will be part of Fairway Village)
- Wooded Glen Village
- Piney Reach Village
White Plains Regional Park, which includes an 18-hole golf course, lighted tennis courts, picnic pavilions, and a playground, is located off of St. Charles Parkway. Also nearby is Regency Furniture Stadium (via Billingsley Road), home of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
Notes
- ↑ "St. Charles Parkway, Rosewick Road Opened". Southern Maryland Online. August 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ↑ "St. Charles Master Plan". St. Charles Companies. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ↑ "ST. CHARLES MASTER PLAN" (PDF). American Community Properties Trust. 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
