Editing Calvert Cliffs State Park (section)

{{Short description|State park in Maryland, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox park
| name            = Calvert Cliffs State Park
| photo           = Calvert_Cliffs,_Calvert_Cliffs_State_Park.jpg
| photo_caption   = The park's namesake cliffs
| photo_alt       = Cliffs
| photo_width     = 280
| map             = USA Maryland
| map_caption     = Location in Maryland
| map_width       = 280
| relief          = 1
| label           = Calvert Cliffs State Park
| location        = [[Calvert County, Maryland]], United States
| nearest_city    = [[Lusby, Maryland]]
| coordinates     = {{coord|38|24|10|N|76|25|19|W|display=inline,title}}
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| area            = {{convert|1311|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=acreagereport/>
| elevation       = {{convert|112|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| established     = 1960s
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| designation     = [[List of Maryland state parks|Maryland state park]]
| administrator   = [[Maryland Department of Natural Resources]]
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| website         = {{Official website}}
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'''Calvert Cliffs State Park''' is a public recreation area in [[Lusby, Maryland|Lusby]], [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert County]], [[Maryland]], that protects a portion of the cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the [[Calvert Peninsula]] on the west side of [[Chesapeake Bay]] from [[Chesapeake Beach, Maryland|Chesapeake Beach]] southward to [[Drum Point, Maryland|Drum Point]].<ref name=mdnr/><ref name=mgs/> The [[state park]] is known for the abundance of mainly [[Middle Miocene]] sub-epoch [[fossil]]s that can be found on the shoreline.<ref name=micro/>