Maryland DNR · MD
Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area
nature reserve and serpentine ecosystem in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
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Serpentine Trail
Hiking · County
16/100
Red-blazed loop through Soldiers Delight's rare serpentine barrens: open grassland and stunted oaks on chromium-rich soil, near an overlook at one of Baltimore County's highest points.
2.3 mi 219 ft gain moderate dirt
Choate Mine Trail
Hiking · County
16/100
Trail to the historic Choate chromite mine, a fenced 19th-century adit from Isaac Tyson's serpentine-barrens operations that once supplied much of the world's chromium; often looped with the Serpentine Trail.
1.3 mi 109 ft gain moderate dirt
About this park
Agency
Maryland DNR.
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Coordinates
39.4187, -76.8421
Trails covered
2 curated routes at this park.