Hit the Road … er Trail

MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS

 

Beginners can start out by trying out the trails at Fairland Park in Laurel,
Black Hills State Park in Germantown, Elk Neck State Park in North East,
Rockburn Branch Park in the Columbia area or the Torrey C. Brown Trail
(formerly called the Northern Central Rail Trail) in Baltimore County.
Intermediate level riders can hone their skills at Patapsco Valley State
Park McKeldin area in Marriottsville, Susquehanna State Park in Harford County
near Havre de Grace and Gunpowder Falls State Park inn Baltimore County.
Advanced trails include Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon area,
Gambrill State Park in Frederick and Overshot Run Trail
near Towson in the Loch Raven Watershed.

Black Hills State Park
Germantown, Montgomery County
www.mc-mncppc.org/trails/trails_maps/black_hill.shtm

BWI Trail
Linthicum, Anne Arundel County
www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/bwi_trail.html

Elk Neck State Park
North East, Cecil County
410-287-5333
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/elkneck.html

Fair Hill NRMA
Elkton, Cecil County
410-398-1246
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/fairhill.html

Fairland Regional Park
Laurel, Prince George’s County
301-699-2407
www.pgparks.com/places/parks/fairland.html

Gambrill State Park
Thurmont, Frederick County
301-271-7574
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/gambrillguide.html

Gunpowder Falls State Park
Kingsville, Baltimore/Harford Counties
410-592-2897
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/gunpowder.html

Liberty Watershed
Eldersburg, Carroll County
www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/counties/carroll.html

Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (formerly the NCR Trail
Hunt Valley to Maryland Line, Baltimore County
410-592-2897
www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/ncrt_trail.html

Overshot Trail
Loch Raven Watershed, Baltimore County
www.gunpowdervalley.org

Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon area
Elkridge, Howard County
410-461-5005
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/avalon.html

Patapsco Valley State Park, McKeldin area
Marriottsville, Howard County
410-461-5005
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/mckeldin.html

Rockburn Branch Park
Columbia, Howard County
410-313-4700
www.co.ho.md.us/RAP/RAP_HoCoParksRockburn.html

Seneca Creek State Park Trail Guide
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County
301-924-2127
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/senecaguide.html

Susquehanna State Park
Havre de Grace, Harford County
410-734-9035
www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/susquehanna.html

 

For information on additional mountain biking trails in Maryland, you can go to
www.dirtworld.com/trails
and click on any one of the links.