List of hiking trails in Maryland

This is a list of hiking trails in the U.S. state of Maryland .

A

• Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland ^[1]
• American Discovery Trail ^[2]
• Anacostia Tributary Trail System ^[3]
• Appalachian Trail ^[4]

B

• Baltimore & Annapolis Trail ^[5]
• Billy Goat Trail ^[6]
• Borden Tunnel ^[7]

C

• Capital Crescent Trail ^[8]
• Catoctin Trail ^[9]
• Cross Island Trail ^[10]

D

• Dalecarlia Tunnel ^[8]

E

• East Coast Greenway ^[11]
• Eastern Continental Trail ^[12]

G

• Great Allegheny Passage ^[7]
• Great Eastern Trail ^[13]
• Grist Mill Trail ^[14]
• Gwynns Falls Trail ^[15]

H

• Herring Run Trail ^[15]

I

• Indian Head Rail Trail ^{[16] [17]}

J

• Jones Falls Trail ^[15]

M

• Ma and Pa Trail ^[18]
• Mason-Dixon Trail ^[19]
• Metropolitan Branch Trail ^[20]
• Muddy Branch Greenway Trail ^[21]

N

• North Bethesda Trail ^[22]
• Northwest Branch Trail ^[23]

P

• Patuxent Branch Trail ^[24]
• Potomac Heritage Trail ^[25]

R

• Rachel Carson Greenway ^[26]
• Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail ^[27]

S

• Savage Mill Trail ^[28]
• Seneca Creek Greenway Trail ^[29]
• Short Line Railroad Trail ^[30]
• Sligo Creek Trail ^[31]
• Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

T

• Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail ^[32]
• Trolley Line Number 9 Trail
• Tuscarora Trail ^[13]

W

• Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail ^[33]
• Western Maryland Rail Trail ^[34]

References

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2. "Couple finishes 4,900-mile walk across U.S." msnbc.com. October 16, 2005. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
3. Washington Area Bicyclists Association (April 17, 2017). "The DC Region's Top Five Family-Friendly Bike Rides". WTOP. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
4. Klingaman, Mike (May 30, 2015). "On hikes through Maryland's Appalachian Trail, you 'huff and puff and chat'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
5. Ward, William (October 5, 1990). "Jaycees Led Trail's Way". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
6. Ritter, Rick (July 5, 2017). "Crews See Recent Spike In Number Of Rescues On Billy Goat Trail". CBS Baltimore. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
7. White, Dan (October 23, 2009). "Biking Coal Country's Tracks and Tunnels". New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
8. Kraut, Aaron (September 4, 2015). "New Numbers Show How Many People Are Using the Capital Crescent Trail" . Retrieved January 20, 2018.
9. Gardner, Karen (August 4, 2013). "The Catoctin 50K has been elevated to legendary status". Frederick News-Post. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
10. Sugarman, Joe (July 7, 2016). "5 Summer Island Escapes—All Around the Chesapeake Bay". Washingtonian. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
11. Pitts, Jonathan (July 1, 2016). "Cyclists cross Susquehanna, close gap in 2,900-mile East Coast Greenway". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
12. Marshall, Barbara (February 2, 2017). "This Jupiter millennial walked 4,800 miles from Quebec to Key West". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
13. Olivier, Jonathan (June 22, 2017). "The Crew Building the Next Great American Thru-Hike". Outside. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
14. Bleiweis, Jon (May 20, 2016). "Bloede Dam removal brings lengthy closure of popular trail at Patapsco Valley State Park". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
15. Broadwater, Luke (April 17, 2017). "Advocates push for 35-mile trail loop in Baltimore". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
16. Indian Head Rail Trail (TrailLink)
17. Indian Head Rail Trail (Charles County, Maryland)
18. Butler, Erika (July 10, 2017). "Bicycle fix-it Station Installed at Annie's Playground". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
19. Pavoncello, John (April 8, 2016). "Long distance hikes - The Mason-Dixon Trail System". York Dispatch. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
20. Levey, Bob (November 4, 1999). "A Bicycle Beltway Within the Beltway". Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
21. "Muddy Branch Greenway Trail". Montgomery County Department of Parks. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
22. Staff (August 11, 2016). "Since You Asked: How Did the Bethesda Trolley Trail Get Its Name?". Bethesda Beat. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
23. "Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park Trails". Montgomery Parks. M-NCPPC . Retrieved August 31, 2009.
24. Waseem, Fatimah (March 18, 2016). "Kittleman accelerates $3.3 million in funds for Blandair Park construction". Baltimore Sun. TCA Regional News. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
25. Dyson, Cathy (October 18, 2016). "Dahlgren path becomes part of Potomac Heritage trail". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
26. Boyd, Matt (February 25, 2004). "Trail honors environmentalist's memory". Montgomery Gazette. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
27. esibley. "Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail Extension Under Construction". Anacostia Watershed Society. Anacostia Watershed Society. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
28. Janney, Elizabeth (April 15, 2016). "Rope Rescue on Savage Mill Trail is Training: Officials". Patch.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
29. "Seneca Creek State Park Trail System and Maps". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
30. Lauren Loricchio (May 21, 2014). "UMBC hopes to build connections with Catonsville using Short Line Trail". The Baltimore Sun.
31. Wahl, Amy (July 24, 1997). "Not the Beaten Path; Newly Completed Segment of Trail Along Sligo Creek Attracts a Variety of Users". Washington Post.
32. Boeckel, Teresa (September 9, 2015). "York County rail trail inducted into Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Hall of Fame". York Daily Record.
33. "WB&A Bike Trail Dedicated". Bowie Blade. November 9, 2000.
34. Reilly, Tara (October 7, 2005). "Western Maryland Rail Trail to expand 4.5 miles". The Herald-Mail. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.