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Gwynns Falls Trail | |
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Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
Location | Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
Established | 1999 |
Trailheads | Harbor Hospital Waterview Avenue |
Use | Bicycling, hiking, fishing, rollerblading, bird-watching |
Season | Year-round |
Months | Year-round |
Surface | Asphalt, concrete, crushed gravel |
Website | http://www.gwynnsfallstrail.org/ |
Gywnns Falls Trail is a 15-mile (24 km) series of hiking and bicycling trails inside Baltimore, Maryland, named for the Gwynns Falls, whose course it follows, and the surrounding Gwynns Falls Leakin Park it passes through. The trail uses unique alignments, sidepaths on existing streets, and on-street sections. The trail consists of one 10.75-mile (17.30 km) mainline, plus a number of branches, including the Middle Branch Trail, the Hutton Trail, and the Dickeyville Trail. All of these trails carry signage designating them as the Gwynns Falls Trail; their individual names are designated on the mile markers designating their route. The entirety of the Middle Branch Trail, as well as the section of the mainline trail east of the Middle Branch Trail's northern terminus, are part of the East Coast Greenway.
Established in 1998, Gwynns Falls Trail currently operates as a public-private partnership: it is owned and managed by the City of Baltimore, while the Parks & People Foundation coordinates community involvement, volunteer activities and events along the trail.[1]