ENCHANTED FOREST AT CLARK'S ELIOAK FARM FULL TOUR & VLOG - Ellicott City, MD
The Enchanted Forest was a fairy tale forest theme park in Ellicott City, MD. It closed in 1989 and was abandoned until the mid 2000s when the people at Clark's Elioak Farm decided to move all the fiberglass sculptures to their petting zoo farm. The park is alive again thanks to their efforts. Join us as we explore this restored and revived version of the once beloved roadside attraction.
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Return to Maryland: Clark Elioak's Petting Farm
Banjoe, Traveler
June 28, 2018
We head back up to Maryland to prepare for my father's surgery. Before gets operated on we see some of the local attractions. Here we entered the states and went to Clark Elioak's petting farm. They have several animals to see and touch. You can learn all about the farm life as this is a working farm. They offer several rides such as train, wagon and hay rides. There are also several storybook features with slides to explore
After the petting zoo we grabbed coffee at Tous Les Jours in Ellicott City, MD. The coffee and baked goods were delicious.
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Enchanted Forest theme park- Ellicott City, Maryland 1970s
Me and my brothers and sister at Enchanted Forest in 1973 or 1974.
Urban Exploring The Enchanted Forest Abandoned Amusement Park Ruins 5/27/2017
This is a video I put together urban exploring the ruins of The Enchanted Forest Amusement Park in Ellicott City, Maryland. When I was a child I went to the park when it was open. It opened in 1955 and closed in 1994. Some buildings and statues were eventually moved to a newer location at Clark's Elioak Farm a few miles down the road. Remember everyone! Please seek permission to visit this property. I have found out this area is private property and a No Trespassing area.
The Enchanted Forest officially opened on August 15, 1955, following a preview party the afternoon before — one month after Disneyland Park's opening. Appealing mostly to families with small children, the park had a nursery rhyme theme. The park featured fairy tale buildings and characters, but no mechanical rides originally. Track rides were added later, including the Alice in Wonderland ride with teacup-shaped cars, a Cinderella's castle ride with mice for the cars, the Little Toot boat that took children to Mount Vesuvius for giant slides, and the Jungleland Safari which was driven by open Land Rover-type vehicles. Children's birthday parties were often held in the picnic areas among the attractions; many local teenagers worked as ticket-takers at the park. Unlike many other attractions of the time, the Enchanted Forest was integrated from the day it opened.
Admission cost one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. The park expanded from 20 acres to 52 acres. At its peak, the Enchanted Forest welcomed 300,000 children per summer season. After its original owners, the Harrison family, sold the park for $4.5 million to JHP Development in 1988, the park closed for the first time in 1989. After turning more than half the land (primarily the parking lots) into the Safeway-anchored Enchanted Forest Shopping Center in 1992, JHP Development reopened the park for the 1994 summer season, predominantly for children's birthday parties.
The park was permanently shuttered from 1995 to 2005, when active preservation began. Much of the theme park sat undisturbed yet neglected behind a chain-link fence. On June 30, 1998, the post office opened the Enchanted Forest branch onsite. In 1999, the Friends of the Enchanted Forest was formed with the goal of reopening the park and then in 2003 the Enchanted Forest Preservation Society was formed with the long-term goal of reviving the Enchanted Forest. Their work focused on preventing the artifacts from being lost forever.
The owner of the land, Kimco Realty Group, agreed in 2004 to allow most of the fairy tale structures and figures to be moved to nearby Clark's Elioak Farm for display and preservation. Moving and restoration began in 2005. Contributions were still being welcomed in 2011, although many of the exhibits had been restored and returned to service at the farm. In 2013, the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning approved Kimco to build a bank next to the castle site and wetlands by rerouting the stream that ran around the base. In 2015, Martha Clark announced the concrete block Castle would be relocated to Elioak, while the Cinderella Castle and the Gingerbread House would be demolished.
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Home movie of The Enchanted Forest around 1970 in Ellicott City, MD
This is home movies from The Enchanted Forest in Maryland. Once upon a time, there was a wonderful storybook park in Ellicott City, Maryland called The Enchanted Forest. Opened in August 1955, it thrilled and delighted generations of families from far and wide throughout the next 30 years. The Harrison family created this magical land to delight children of all ages and it was an important part of many families' lives for years. The imagination of the creators and the people who ran the park throughout the years made an indelible impression on generations of families. Sadly, it closed to the public in the early 1990s, leaving a void for all of us.
The wonderful attractions from the Enchanted Forest were moved to Clarks Elioak Farm.
Saving the Enchanted Forest
When I was a child I used to go to The Enchanted Forest, which was a a theme park full of characters based on various nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The movie begins with my childhood recollection of that theme park then it segues into what happened after it closed in the 1990's, when the former parking lot was turned into what is now the Enchanted Forest Shopping Center while the attractions were allowed to rot.
But then things turned around when a local farm known as Clark's Elioak Farm was allowed to remove the rotting attractions and they were all restored to its original state. I have footage of what the attractions look like now along with additional footage of the 60th anniversary of the day that the Enchanted Forest opened its doors for the first time. I also shot some more footage when I returned to Clark's Elioak Farm after it introduced dinosaurs to the mix of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and farm animals.
This film was originally shown at Artomatic 2015 in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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Clark's Elioak Farm, located along Maryland Route 108 in Howard County, Maryland, is a historic farm covering 540 acres. All of the acreage is part of county or state farmland protection programs, barring use of the property for non-farm development. The Clarks, a family with a tradition of farming in Maryland spanning seven generations, have owned the Elioak farm since 1927.
The name, Elioak, refers to a type of silty clay loam common to the slopes and summits of hills in the northern portion of the Piedmont Plateau. Elioak soil is deep, well-drained, and moderately permeable, making it suitable for apple orchards. Elioak was also listed as a former turn of the century Howard County postal village.
In recent years, the Elioak Farm has become a petting zoo and the venue for restoration of the former Enchanted Forest.
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Mu The Emu at Clarks Elioak Farm
A short video of Mu the Emu at Clarks Elioak Farm (petting zoo) in Ellicott City, Maryland, USA.
Maryland’s Enchanted Forest Was Abandoned In 1989, And Now It’s Slowly Being Devoured By Nature
Maryland’s Enchanted Forest Was Abandoned In 1989, And Now It’s Slowly Being Devoured By Nature.
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Deep in the woods of Baltimore, a fairytale castle sits empty and abandoned, its battlements and turrets overgrown with leaves. Elsewhere, murals are daubed in graffiti, and a gingerbread cottage slowly crumbles and rots away. Not so long ago, this was one of the region’s top tourist attractions, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Today, the Enchanted Forest has all but disappeared.
Located in Ellicott City, some 20 miles west of Baltimore, MD, the Enchanted Forest first opened its doors on August 15, 1955. But unlike its competitors, this park featured no complicated mechanical rides. Instead, the focus was on encouraging children’s imaginations, and the attractions were characters and buildings with a fairytale theme.
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Enchanted Forest Maryland urban explore 2018
These are the remains of the original enchanted forest in ellicot city md as of may 2018. The enchanted forest was a childrens theme park built in 1955 just a month after disneyland. It closedndown in the mid 90s and most of the attractions were taken to clarks farm and restored but other attractions which were to deteriorated or to big to move were left and eventually torn down. The mt. Vesuvius slide and a storage shed is all that is left standing
Ellicott City Named Main Street Maryland Community
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Ken Ulman today announced that Ellicott City has been designated a Main Street Maryland Community, making it eligible for financial and planning resources from the State of Maryland. The designation was announced by Maryland Department of House and Community Development Acting Secretary Clarence Snuggs during a ceremony at the Howard County Welcome Center.
“The thriving business and residential community in Ellicott City will benefit from this new partnership with the state,” County Executive Ulman said. “Ellicott City is the finest downtown and historic district in Maryland, and the Main Street Maryland program dovetails with our plans to make it even better in the future.”
Ellicott City becomes the first Main Street Maryland community in Howard County, and the 28th in Maryland. Ellicott City will now receive priority consideration for state funding, orientation and training for a Main Street Manager, technical planning assistance and members in the National Main Street Trust Center.
“Ellicott City contains the best Maryland has to offer, and we are glad to welcome this community into the program,” said Secretary Snuggs.
In approving the designation, state officials noted Ellicott City’s architectural charm, illustrated by more than 200 18th- and 19th-century buildings and numerous historical attractions – including the B & O Railroad Museum Ellicott City Station – the oldest surviving railroad station in America.
The local Main Street effort will be administered by the nonprofit Ellicott City Partnership in partnership with Howard County Government, residents, business and property owners and funding support from the Howard County Economic Development Authority.
“This is one more tool that the Ellicott City Partnership will have available to help with the success of Main Street,” said Debra Korb, Ellicott City Partnership Executive Director.
County Executive Ulman and Secretary Snuggs also announced that Ellicott City would be participating in the “Make it To Main Street” initiative, in partnership with the Regional Manufacturing Initiative. The program is designed to raise awareness of Maryland made goods available in designated Main Street Maryland communities and facilitate the purchase of those goods from the businesses within those Main Streets.
The Main Street Maryland builds on progress in Ellicott City, including:
• $4 million in recent capital investments over two years, including the construction of terraced pedestrian access connecting the Howard County Circuit Court House to Main Street, major parking lot improvements and significantly upgraded stormwater treatment.
• The naming of Ellicott City as one of communities selected for the Benjamin Moore “Main Street Matters” competition, providing a new coat of paint for Main Street.
• Community Legacy funding for façade and streetscape improvements.
• The successful re-launch of a Saturday community market.
• The selection of Ellicott City by Parade Magazine as one of the top 16 Main Streets in the nation to compete in the magazine’s “America’s Best Main Street” tournament; Ellicott City made it to the Final Four round in online voting.
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History and Me...Us!
History was in the air this week. Enchantment filled our lungs. Sadness filled our hearts. And sand filled in between our toes. Our traveling family visits Maryland. We show how we celebrate our kids’ birthdays. With everything Maryland has to offer, we will have to come back for more. Don’t believe us? Here’s what we did (and it’s only scratching the surface)
Antietam National Park, Sharpsburg
Catoctin Mountain Park, Thurmont
Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont
National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Emmitsburg
Clark’s Elioak Farm, Ellicott City
Fort McHenry, Baltimore
Vaccaro’s Italian Pastry Shop, Baltimore (Little Italy)
Maryland State House, Annapolis
Wizard of Oz Playground, Kettering
Six Flags America, Woodmore
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, Church Creek
Assateague Island National Seashore, Berlin
Let us know if you have been to any of these places, or want to! Until next time...let the next adventure begin!
Enchanted Forest
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