St. Clement's Island is part of the St. Clement's Island State Park, which also includes an uninhabited Potomac River island about half a mile from Colton's Point on the mainland. The park’s most visible feature is a 40-foot stone cross built to commemorate the beginnings of religious freedom in the States and a reconstruction of the Blakistone Island Light.  The light and the cross are part of the St. Clement's Island Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The island is the site of the 1634 landing of Maryland's first colonists, who came from Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England. The island can be reached by private boat or by water taxi from the St. Clement's Island Museum in Colton's Point. The island is fun for hiking, fishing, hunting, and picnicking.

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