Gwynns Falls Trail

The Gwynns Falls Trail runs fifteen miles through two thousand acres of stream-valley parklands from this area toward the I-70 Park and Ride near historic Franklintown and alternatively through Solo Gibbs Park to the Inner Harbor, linking waterfront views, fishing piers, and a boat launch just north of Harbor Hospital with waters visited by Captain John Smith more than four hundred years ago. Along the route, major access points connect places such as Middle Branch Park at Waterview Avenue, Carroll Park, Franklintown/I-70, and the Inner Harbor, while plans call for extending the trail to Masonsville Cove in Brooklyn, circling the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River, and continuing south as part of the East Coast Greenway from Maine to Florida. The surrounding waters and parks also recall recreation and boating on the Patapsco River, including speedboat races watched from Broening Park, swimming in the Middle Branch in the early nineteen hundreds, and activity at the old Baltimore Yacht Club in nineteen thirty-four.

Baltimore, Maryland · United States