| WB&A Trail | |
|---|---|
| Length | 10.25 mi (16.50 km) |
| Location | Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, Maryland, USA |
| Trailheads | Annapolis Rd and Seltzer St Lanham, Maryland 38°57′29″N 76°49′29.4″W / 38.95806°N 76.824833°W Odenton Rd and Piney Orchard Pkwy Odenton, Maryland 39°5′2.2″N 76°42′0.5″W / 39.083944°N 76.700139°W |
| Use | Hiking, biking |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Season | Year-round |
| Sights | Patuxent River, Little Patuxent River |
| Hazards | Tick-borne diseases Limited water Poison ivy Venomous snakes |
The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail (WB&A) is a 10.25-mile (16.50 km) long, discontinuous rail trail from Lanham to Odenton in Maryland. The trail gets its name from the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway on whose right-of-way it runs, but does not connect to any of the cities in its name.
The trail exists in two separate pieces, one in Anne Arundel County and the other in Prince George's County, separated by the lack of a bridge over the Patuxent River. The bridge's construction and the trail's alignment was delayed for over a decade due to a property dispute; however, the trail was realigned and work on the bridge began in 2002. It is expected to be completed in late 2024.[1]
Additional plans exist to extend the trail southward to the Washington, D.C. border.
The WB&A Trail makes up part of both the East Coast Greenway - from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida - and the American Discovery Trail - from the Atlantic coast of Delaware to San Francisco, California.