The Ghost Walk at Point Lookout is elaborate and interactive. Walkers leave the ranger station and step along the 'Road from Hell," which is what the path to the prison camp was called. Along the way, re-enactors stage events that actually occurred. There's a trial of a prisoner who falls dramatically into a waiting coffin when he's found guilty and shot. Prisoners try to hide among the walkers to escape the camp when the tour leaves the stockade.
After the walk, a hayride to the Point rumbles past "The Disasters of Point Lookout." There's a car wreck that actually happened when teenagers playing 'chicken' lost control. A mortician practices his trade at one site, asking for volunteers - and usually having some little boy offer his kid sister. The lighthouse itself is reputedly haunted and the lighthouse keepers have lots of stories to tell. The county's most famous semi-former resident is the "Lady in White," Lucy Taylor. She's familiar to locals who spot her wandering through the county looking for her family's gravestones. This weekend, she searches at Point Lookout.
The Ghost Walk at Point Lookout is set for October 27-28. Gates open at 6:30. Tickets Re $4 per person. They must be pre-bought and are given for a specific time. For more information, call the park office 301-872-5688.