[1] A public display botanical garden, Brookside Gardens, popular as a location for wedding couple photography, which utilizes an online reservation system for that purpose, is located on a 54-acre (21.85 ha) portion of the park, having expanded over time from its initial footprint of 24 acres (9.71 ha) in 1969.

[26][27] This 1½ story log cabin, historically known as the Richard Thomas Harper House, was built in the 1870s, in Poolesville, Maryland, located in western Montgomery County.

[26] Throughout the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, the log house was the home of an African-American landowning family.

[26] The park is also the home to the Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel and a miniature train.

[19][30] The train and carousel operate weekends only in April and September and daily from May through August.