Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail

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Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail
The trail's crushed limestone surface
Length	19.7 mi (31.7 km)
Location	Upper Marlboro, Maryland to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and continuing to York, Pennsylvania via York County Heritage Rail Trail
Established	1984
Trailheads	Cockeysville New Freedom
Use	Hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, pet walking
Difficulty	Easy, level, ADA accessible
Season	Year-round
Months	Year-round
Surface	Crushed limestone
Right of way	Northern Central Railway
Website	https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/central/tcb.aspx
Trail map Legend M.P. [1] becomes York County Heritage Rail Trail 19.7 Mason–Dixon line 18.6 Freeland MD 409 Freeland Rd 15.5 Bentley Springs I-83 MD 45 York Rd 12.9 Parkton 10.8 White Hall 7.2 Monkton MD 138 Monkton Rd 3.8 Sparks 2.0 Phoenix 0.5 Paper Mill MD 145 Paper Mill Rd 0.0 Ashland Rd

The Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (TCB), the official name of the Northern Central Railroad (NCR) Trail, is a rail trail that runs along an abandoned railroad corridor where the Northern Central Railway once operated. The trail extends 19.7 miles from Ashland Road in Cockeysville, Maryland to the boundary with Pennsylvania. At the Pennsylvania line, the Torrey C. Brown Trail becomes the York County Heritage Rail Trail (part of BicyclePA Route J) and continues to the city of York.^[2]

The trail is 10 feet (3.0 m) wide with a stone dust surface and the majority of the trail runs along the Gunpowder River and Beetree Run.^[2] Popular activities on the trail include horseback riding, jogging, walking, hiking, fishing and biking. It is open to the public from sunrise to sunset, seven days a week throughout the year. The trail is also pet-friendly as long as the pet is on a leash.

The TCB makes up a segment of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000 mile long system of trails connecting Maine to Florida.