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A very scenic 2.3 mile trail near Flintridge, Maryland
Rachel Carson Conservation Park is about 2.3 miles long and located near Flintridge, Maryland. The trail is great for hiking and normally takes 1-3 hours. This hidden gem is densely populated by numerous species of wildlife, high quality forest and features spectacular rock and massive boulder out-cropping throughout the park. This area remains...
Trips
Rachel Carson with The Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group (Template)
Flintridge, Maryland, United States
Hiking | 3.3 miles
Hiking | 3.3 miles
This is the “template” used by the leadership team for the Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group (MAHG), an 11,000+ member hiking group in the Mid-Atlantic area within the US. However, please feel free to use it because we post them here publically for anyone interested to use. Any suggestions you might have on how to improve what we have created, please share so it can be as helpful to the hiking community at large...
We had intended to do a longer hike, however, as many of the trails in the park are receive primarily equestrian use and we have had an inordinate amount of rain recently, the trails along the river were mud-pitted nightmares. Furthermore, as the forest in mostly new growth the considerable understory prevented us from moving off the trail to avoid the mess. Still, the seclusion was absolute, not another soul on the...
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A small park in Montgomery County. Easy hike (flat) and very quite.
We took the red trail from the boat ramp to Maryland 97. From there, we took the blue trail on a small lollipop. Then we returned by the red trail again. The blue trail was obvious but somewhat over grown. This is a nice hilly, wooded trail.
