The Enchanted Forest Lives

Don't get me started on The Enchanted Forest. I love the Enchanted Forest! For those of you not familiar with The Enchanted Forest, it was a small fairy tale theme park that opened in 1955 in Ellicott City, MD. The park's grand opening was on the heels of Disneyland's grand opening earlier that summer making The Enchanted Forest the country's second theme park and the first on the east coast! Long story short, the park closed in the late 1980's and just kind of sat there frozen in time as a shopping mall was built around it. Many attempts had been made to get the park reopened until finally someone had the idea to just move the stuff out of the park and put it somewhere else. Which is where Clark's Elioak Farm comes into play. Over the last few years volunteers have been removing the fairy tale items from The Enchanted Forest's original home on Rout 40 West in Ellicott City to their new home at Clark's Elioak Farm. Each piece that has been moved has been restored and repainted and they all look great!

I went to the Grand Opening last year when they only had a few pieces moved. I was able to briefly visit yesterday and see all the new stuff they've added. Click on over to Wonderful World of Pictures for some great photos of what's happening over at the new Enchanted Forest!