100 Trails in Maryland

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Selby On The Bay Trails difficulty 4.0 Edgewater
2. Pocomoke YMCA difficulty 5.0 Pocomoke
3. Gwynns Falls Trail difficulty 15.0 Baltimore
4. Emmitsburg multi use trail difficulty 13.0 Emmitsburg
5. Bacon Ridge (Bacon Ridge Natural Area) difficulty 7.0 Crownsville
6. Beverly-triton beach difficulty 5.0 Edgewater
7. Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville
8. mad devel difficulty 2.0 Chevy chase
9. Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
10. Patuxent River State Park difficulty 10.0 Annapolis Rock
11. Seminary (Loch Raven Reservoir) difficulty 9.0 Towson
12. Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
13. Margraff Plantation difficulty 10 Accident
14. Gillis Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ** Mount Airy
15. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
16. Piney Run Park Beginner difficulty 6 *** Sykesville
17. Piney Run Park - East Intermediate difficulty 5 **** Sykesville
18. Wilde Lake Easiest difficulty 4.0 ** Columbia
19. Greenwell State Park Easiest difficulty 10.0 ** Hollywood
20. New Germany State Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Grantsville
21. Stoney Demonstration Forest State Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 ** Bel Air
22. Rocky Gorge Reservoir difficulty 2.0 * Laurel
23. Liberty Reservior Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Owing Mills
24. Gunpowder to Hemlock Easiest difficulty 4.0 **** Manchester
25. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
26. Jerusalem Mill trail (Gunpowder Falls State Park) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Jerusalem Village
27. Gilbert Run Park Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** La Plata
28. Elk Neck State Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** North East
29. Torrey C Brown Trail Easiest difficulty 21.0 **** Ashland
30. Centennial Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Ellicott City
31. Fair Hill, Orange And Green Loops (Fair Hill) Beginner difficulty 10.0 ** Rising Sun
32. Doncaster Demonstration Forest Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** La Plata
33. Lake Elkhorn, Columbia Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Columbia
34. Broadneck Highschool and Cape Elementary (Broadneck Warm-up) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Annapolis
35. B&A Trail (Baltimore & Annapolis) Easiest difficulty 13.0 ** Glen Burnie
36. Rockburn Branch Loop (Rockburn Branch Park) Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Ellicott City
37. Arundel HS Trails Intermediate difficulty 12.0 *** Odenton
38. Herrington Manor To Swallowfalls Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Oakland
39. Michael Castel Trail Easiest difficulty 28.0 ***** Chesapeake City
40. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
41. BWI Trail Easiest difficulty 41.0 *** Baltimore
42. Myrtle Point Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** California
43. Lower Magruder Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Damascus
44. Lower Shore YMCA Beginner difficulty 5.0 ***** Pocomoke
45. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
46. Elk Neck State Forest Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North East
47. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
48. Wisp Resort Advanced difficulty 0.0 ***** Deep Creek
49. Broadneck Warm-up Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Arnold
50. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg

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