Baltimore Trails: A Guide for Hikers and Mountain Bikers - 2nd edition

286 Pages·2008·6.03 MB·English

by  Bryan MacKay

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B A L T I M O R E
T R A I L S
A GUIDE FOR HIKERS
AND MOUNTAIN BIKERS
Second Edition
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BRYAN MACKAY
with illustrations by Sandra Glover
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
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All rights reserved. Published 2008
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CONTENTS
List of Maps ix Preface to the First Edition xvii
List of Mountain Bike Trails xi Before Heading Out xxi
List of Trail Notes xiii Preparations for Hiking Tripsxxi
Preface to the Second Ethical Behavior on the Trailxxiii
Editionxv
MARYLAND STATE PARKS
Patapsco Valley State Park
3
▼ Grist Mill Trail/River Road Circuit 5
GLEN ARTNEY AREA: ▼ Soapstone Trail9 ▼ Santee Branch Trail10
▼ Vineyard Spring Trail11
HILTON AREA: ▼ Forest Glen Trail13 ▼ Sawmill Branch Trail14
▼ Buzzards Rock Trail14 ▼ Santee Branch Trail15 ▼ All Saints
Trail16
AVALON AREA: ▼ Ridge Trail18 ▼ Valley View Trail19 ▼ Rockburn
Branch Trail22 ▼ Morning Choice Trail22 ▼ Old Track Loop24
▼ Belmont Woods Trail24
ORANGE GROVE AREA: ▼ Cascade Trail26
▼ Millrace Trail28 ▼ Ole Ranger Trail (Hollofield Area)31
▼ Daniels Trail34 ▼ Alberton-Woodstock Trail38
WOODSTOCK SEMINARY TRAILS: ▼ Patapsco River Trail45 ▼ Nike
Trail46
▼ Switchback Trail (McKeldin Area)47
Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area
52
▼ East Side Trails53 ▼ Serpentine Trail56
vi CONTENTS
Gunpowder Falls State Park
62
▼ Big Gunpowder Trail62 ▼ Lost Pond Trail67 ▼ Big
Gunpowder Wildlands/Sweathouse Branch Trail70 ▼ Northern
Central Railroad Trail74 ▼ Gunpowder North/Gunpowder
South Circuit78 ▼ Panther Branch Trail83 ▼ Mingo Forks/
Bunker Hill Circuit88
LITTLE GUNPOWDER TRAIL: ▼ Jerusalem Mill downstream to I-9592
▼ Jerusalem Mill upstream to Harford Road (Route 147)95
SWEET AIR AREA: ▼ Little Gunpowder Trail97 ▼ Barley Pond Loop100
▼ Boundary Trail100 ▼ Pine Loop101
▼ Pleasantville Circuit101
North Point State Park
107
▼ North Point State Park Trails108
BALTIMORE COUNTY PARKS
▼ Trolley Trail/Benjamin Banneker Trail115
Oregon Ridge Park
120
▼ Loggers Red Trail122 ▼ Ivy Hill Yellow Trail/S. James
Campbell Trail123
Cromwell Valley Park
124
▼ Minebank Run Trail125 ▼ Willow Grove Trail127
▼ Sherwood Farm Trail128 ▼ Meadow Trail128
▼ Wellington Woods Trail128
BALTIMORE CITY PARKS
Leakin Park
133
▼ Gwynns Falls Trail133 ▼ Leakin Park Circuit138
Jones Falls Trail
141
Cylburn Arboretum
144
CONTENTS vii
Lake Roland and Robert E. Lee Memorial Park
146
Herring Run Park
151
BALTIMORE CITY WATERSHED LANDS
Liberty, Loch Raven, and Prettyboy
157
Liberty Watershed
159
▼ Wards Chapel/Liberty Dam Trail163 ▼ Oakland Trail166
▼ Keysers Run Circuit170 ▼ Middle Run Trail173 ▼ Coot
Peninsula Trail175 ▼ Morgan Run Circuit178 ▼ Mineral Hill
Trail182 ▼ Quarry Trail185
Loch Raven Watershed
188
▼ Laurel Woodlands Trail191 ▼ Glen Ellen Trail195 ▼ Deadman’s
Cove Trail199 ▼ White Pine Circuit202 ▼ Merryman Trail204
▼ Warren Point Circuit207 ▼ Poplar Hill Trail209 ▼ Jessops
Circuit213 ▼ Phoenix Circuit216 ▼ Overshot Run
Trail220 ▼ Loch Raven Drive223
Prettyboy Watershed
227
▼ Prettyboy Trail229 ▼ C.C.C. Trail232 ▼ Shamberger’s
Peninsula Trail236 ▼ Laurel Highlands Trail239 ▼Gunpowder
Loop242 ▼ Hemlock Gorge Trail245 ▼ Frog Hollow Trail249
▼ Spook Hill Trail251
Index255
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MAPS
1 Grist Mill Trail/River Road Circuit 6
2 Glen Artney Area 9
3 Hilton Area 12
4 Avalon and Orange Grove Areas 17
5 Millrace Trail 29
6 Ole Ranger Trail, Hollofield Area 33
7 Daniels Trail 35
8 Alberton-Woodstock Trail 39
9 Woodstock Seminary Trails 44
10 Switchback Trail, McKeldin Area 48
11 Soldiers Delight, East Side Trails 54
12 Soldiers Delight, Serpentine Trail 57
13 Big Gunpowder Trail: Harford Road to Belair Road 63
14 Big Gunpowder Trail: Belair Road to Route 40 64
15 Lost Pond Trail 68
16 Big Gunpowder Wildlands/Sweathouse Branch Trail 71
17 Northern Central Railroad Trail 75
18 Gunpowder North and Gunpowder South Trails: Bunker
Hill Road to Big Falls Road 79
19 Gunpowder North and Gunpowder South Trails: Prettyboy
Dam to Bunker Hill Road 80
20 Panther Branch Trail 84
21 Mingo Forks/Bunker Hill Circuit 89
22 Little Gunpowder Trail, Jerusalem Mill downstream to
I-95 93
23 Little Gunpowder Trail, Jerusalem Mill upstream to
Harford Road 96
24 Sweet Air Area 98
25 Pleasantville Circuit 103
26 North Point State Park 109
27 Trolley Trail/Benjamin Banneker Trail 116
28 Oregon Ridge Park 121
29 Cromwell Valley Park 125
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