Maryland’s Equestrian Trails & Parks Did you know June is National Trails month? A great way to celebrate is heading out to one of Maryland’s over 100 public parks that have


equestrian-use trails! With parks in all 23 counties in Maryland, the variety of trail options for horseback riders is endless. Riders can splash along the beaches of Assateague Island or head into the mountains of Western Maryland or take a leisurely hack along open fields. On these pages is a list of public parks put together by the Maryland Horse Industry Board/Maryland Department of Agriculture. More details on many of these parks can be found on equiery.com!


ALLEGANY COUNTY C&O Canal / 150 mi. / 12,000 acres Great Allegheny Passage / 7 mi. Green Ridge SF / 46,000 acres / equestrian camping: primitive ANNE ARUNDEL Kinder Farm Park / 3 mi. / 288 acres Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - North Track / 20 mi. / 12,800 acres BALTIMORE COUNTY Gunpowder Falls SP (Graham Equestrian Center) / 20+ mi. / 18,000 acres Loch Raven Reservoir / miles vary / 1,600 acres Patapsco Valley SP (Avalon Area) / 20mi. / 16,043 acres / links to Rockburn Branch Park (Howard County) Prettyboy Reservoir / miles vary / 73,080 acres Torrey C. Brown Trail / 21 mi. / 18,000 acres CALVERT COUNTY Calvert Cliffs SP / 6 mi. / 1,313 acres Biscoe Gray Heritage Farm (permit required) / miles vary King’s Landing Park (permit required) / miles vary CAROLINE COUNTY Idylwild WMA / 10 mi. / 3,800 acres Tuckahoe SP / 20 mi. / 3,000 acres CARROLL COUNTY Gillis Falls / 4 mi. / 1,117 acres Liberty Reservoir / 15+ mi. / 3,100 acres Morgan Run NEA / 11 mi. / 1,400 acres Patapsco Valley SP (McKeldin Area) / 80 mi. / 16,043 acres Piney Run Reservoir / 4 mi. / 550 acres Union Mills Reservoir Trails / 8 mi. / 1,044 acres CECIL COUNTY Bethel MHA (free non-hunting permit required) / miles vary / 400 acres C&D Canal Trail (trailer parking in Del.) / 16 mi. / 7,500 acres


Court House Point MHA (free non-hunting permit required) / miles vary / 315 acres Elk Forest MHA (free non-hunting permit required) / miles vary / 242 acres Elk Neck SF / 14 mi. / 3,300 acres Fair Hill NRMA / 80 mi. / 5,656 acres / eques- trian camping: rest rooms, showers, electric Grove Neck MHA (free non-hunting permit required) / miles vary Stemmers Run MHA (free non-hunting per- mit required) / miles vary / 750 acres Welch Point MHA (free non-hunting permit required) / miles vary / 77 acres CHARLES COUNTY Doncaster Demo SF / 13 mi. / 1,823 acres Friendship Farm Park / 6 mi. / 382 acres Maxwell Hall Park Equestrian Area (permit required) / 14 mi. / 692 acres Myrtle Grove WMA / 10+ mi. / 1,723 acres Oak Ridge Park / 7 mi. / 173 acres DORCHESTER COUNTY Lewis Complex / miles vary / 1,594 acres Marshyhope Complex / miles vary / 3,408 acres FREDERICK COUNTY C&O Canal / 150 mi. / 12,000 acres Catoctin Mountain National Park / 6 mi. / 5,770 acres / links to Frederick City Watershed CWMA Frederick City Watershed CWMA / 13mi. / 7,000 acres / links to Gambrill SP Gambrill SP / 16 mi. / 1,137 acres / links to Frederick City Watershed CWMA Monocacy NRMA / 9 mi. / 1,800 acres / links to Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain / 7 mi. / 3,300 acres/ links to Monocacy NRMA GARRETT COUNTY Garrett SF / 25 mi. / 7,000 acres / equestrian camping: primitive Herrington Manor SP / 8 mi. / 365 acres


Potomac SF / 25 mi. / 11,535 acres Savage River SF / 20+ mi. / 54,000 acres HARFORD COUNTY Gunpowder Falls SP (Sweet Air) / 18 mi. / 1,250 acres


Susquehanna SP / 15 mi. / 2,639 acres HOWARD COUNTY Living Farm Heritage Museum / 6 mi. / 400 acres Patuxent River SP (Annapolis Rock Rd.) / 25+ mi. / 6,700 acres Rockburn Branch Park / 5+ mi. / 415 acres / links to Patapsco Valley SP (Avalon Area) Schooley Mill Park / 5 mi. / 192 acres Western Regional Park / 2mi. / 190 acres KENT COUNTY Millington WMA / 10 mi. / 4,000 acres Sassafras NRMA / 8 mi. / 1,000 acres / links to Turner’s Creek Park Turner’s Creek Park / 2 mi. / 147 acres / links to Sassafras NRMA MONTGOMERY COUNTY Agricultural History Farm Park / 5 mi. / 455 acres C&O Canal / 150 mi. / 12,000 acres Patuxent River SP (Route 97) / 25+ mi. / 6,700 acres Black Hill Regional Park / 10+ mi. / 1,800 acres Blockhouse Point / 2 mi. / 630 acres / links to C&O Canal Blue Mash Trail / 4 mi. / 550 acres / links to Agricultural History Farm Park Breezy Loop Trail / 6 mi. Dry Seneca Trail / 9 mi. / links to Seneca Ridge Trail Fairland Recreational Park / 5 mi. / 322 acres Little Bennett Regional Park / 20+ mi. / 3,700 acres / equestrian camping: primitive, show- ers available offsite


CWMA - City Watershead Management Area • MHA - Managed Hunt Area • NEA - Natural Enviroment Area • NRMA - Natural Resources Management Area SF - State Forest • SP - State Park • WMA - Wildlife Management Area • WSSC - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission


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