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Closest trails · 12 ranked today

Trails near Baltimore, MD

Patapsco Valley is essentially Baltimore’s backyard — Cascade Falls, Avalon, and the Daniels area are all under 20 minutes from downtown. Gunpowder Falls is the same drive north. Catoctin and Sugarloaf are an hour. The AT-MD section is 90 minutes. You don’t have a trail problem; you have a parking problem on weekends.

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Closest trails, ranked today

Ridge Trail

Patapsco Valley State Park · 8.1 mi · ~16 min drive

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6.4 mi moderate mixed Best for hiking

Sawmill Branch Trail

Patapsco Valley State Park · 8.1 mi · ~16 min drive

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0.9 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

Grist Mill Trail

Patapsco Valley State Park · 8.3 mi · ~17 min drive

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4.5 mi easy paved Best for hiking

Cascade Falls Trail

Patapsco Valley State Park · 8.6 mi · ~17 min drive

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2.3 mi easy dirt Best for hiking

Big Gunpowder Falls Trail

Gunpowder Falls State Park · 12 mi · ~25 min drive

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9.5 mi easy mixed Best for hiking

Sweathouse Trail

Gunpowder Falls State Park · 13 mi · ~26 min drive

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1.6 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

Wildlands Trail

Gunpowder Falls State Park · 14 mi · ~27 min drive

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1.2 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

Lost Pond Trail

Gunpowder Falls State Park · 14 mi · ~27 min drive

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2.2 mi easy Best for hiking

Choate Mine Trail

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area · 14 mi · ~29 min drive

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1.3 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

Serpentine Trail

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area · 15 mi · ~30 min drive

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2.3 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

McKeldin Falls Rapids Trail

Patapsco Valley State Park · 15 mi · ~30 min drive

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1.2 mi easy dirt Best for hiking

Little Gunpowder Trail

Gunpowder Falls State Park · 17 mi · ~33 min drive

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6.8 mi moderate dirt Best for hiking

Drive times are estimates

Mileage is straight-line distance from the center of Baltimore. Real drive times depend on traffic, mountain roads, and your starting point inside the metro. For weekend mornings on popular trailheads (Old Rag, Great Falls, Maryland Heights), assume the lot fills earlier than the headline drive time suggests — check the trail page for the parking-fill window.

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