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Maryland

759 curated trails across 29 parks — from Atlantic barrier island to Appalachian ridge.

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Maryland trails span four distinct environments. The western mountains in Garrett and Allegany counties hold the GAP/C&O junction at Cumberland, the Allegheny Front, and the upper C&O towpath. The Piedmont — Patapsco, Gunpowder, Catoctin, Sugarloaf — runs across the center of the state with rocky singletrack and waterfall hollows. The Appalachian Trail crosses Maryland for ~41 miles along South Mountain. And the Atlantic coast at Assateague Island National Seashore offers entirely different terrain: barrier-island dune walks and salt-marsh boardwalks.

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Permits, parking, and access

Most Maryland trails are free to access. Maryland State Parks (Patapsco, Gunpowder, Cunningham Falls, Rocky Gap, Sandy Point) charge a per-vehicle day-use fee in season; an annual MD State Parks pass covers unlimited entry. National Park Service units (C&O Canal NHP, Catoctin Mountain Park, Assateague Island NS, Antietam, Harpers Ferry NHP overlap) follow standard NPS fee rules — some are free, some charge, and the America the Beautiful annual pass covers all of them.

Conditions from NWS, AirNow, NPS, MD DNR, and OpenStreetMap

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