The Phillips Wharf Environmental Center was founded in 2005 by the late Kelley Phillips Cox and her husband Jerry Cox. It began in a rebuilt crabbing shanty along the Knapps Narrows and expanded into a 5 acre waterfront campus in 2015. However, the COVID-19 pandemic closed down all in person programming and forced the eventual closing of the Tilghman location.
Today, the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center has relocated to the future home of Easton Point Park in Easton, Maryland. This new facility is in a waterfront park along the Tred Avon River and will include an aquarium, classroom space, and lots of outdoor space for educational activities and events. It is just off the Easton Bypass and the Rails to Trails path, making it an excellent location for your next outdoor adventure in Talbot County!