About the Venue
The fairgrounds hosts many event throughout the year including Bunny in the Barnyard, Halloween Happenings, Winter Flea Market, Rodeos, Tractor Pulls and of course the annual Anne Arundel County Fair. this a great venue for a run and an even better venue for an awesome after party. We are excited to expand the post-race festivities in 2024 to include food trucks, live music, vendors and more!
Legend has it that Paul Bunyon could fell a forest with one swoop and used a hotcake griddle so large that men greased it by skating across it on slabs of bacon. Last week, it took five men most of the afternoon just to move the county’s own replica of Paul Bunyon, a giant lumberjack which has stood atop the Baldwin Service Center for almost 15 years. A familiar sight to Annapolis, The Baldwin family donated the 20-foot lumberjack to the Anne Arundel County Fair when the Baldwin Service Center in 1991.
Made of steel and fiberglass, the huge lumberjack originally traveled from one fair to another, representing the Lombard chainsaw company. The Baldwin family decided that he belonged at the county fairgrounds and donated him to the fair’s organizers. Five volunteers gathered at the service center to move Paul Bunyon to Crownsville, where he will be spruced up in time for next year’s event. Using ropes, blankets and a front-end loader, the men worked for hours to weld the figure to his stand and then lower him onto a flatbed and placed him at the entrance to the fair.
