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Discovering the Trails of Frederick County, Maryland Discovering the Trails of Frederick County, Maryland 127656ALMiscCARochHitTheTrailPassportTemplate8.5x5.indd 1-2 2/28/17 4:46 PM Welcome to your healthier, better life! Here’s how to record trail visits in your Wegmans Hit the Trail Passport! Since 2005, Wegmans has partnered with town and city recreation programs and park conservancy • Look for trail markers like the one illustrated below. They are groups to encourage folks to take advantage of their mounted on posts on each trail. (Exact markers may vary.) community’s town and county trails. It’s part of • Use a pencil or crayon to rub the trail name on the our commitment to helping our customers enjoy a corresponding page of your passport. healthier, better life through great food and healthy • When you complete the designated number of trails, turn in activity. Your FREE Wegmans Hit The Trail Passport your passport for a chance to WIN prizes! (Please contact your will make getting active even more fun. local parks and recreation department for complete details.) Your Wegmans Passport details the locations, terrain, and duration of various trails in your area. You’re sure to fi nd trails that match your interest and activity level. So, browse your passport, grab a buddy, and hit the trail for a healthier, better life! Here’s how it works: • Hit the trail with your passport. • Rub trail markers to record your visits right in your passport. This passport belongs to: • Drop o completed passports at your local recreational department for a chance to WIN prizes! Name Happy trails to you from your local Wegmans! Address Phone/email 2/17 127656AL 127656ALMiscCARochHitTheTrailPassportTemplate8.5x5.indd 3-4 2/28/17 4:46 PM LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN “Live Well Frederick” invites you to hit the trail and experience Frederick County’s diverse outdoor adventures! This booklet provides an opportunity to experience the outdoors and be active with your friends and family while discovering some of the best parks and trails in Frederick County. This passport gives a description of Twenty (20) trails and parks located in Frederick County, Maryland. Just take your Wegmans Passport with you and record your progress by using a pencil or crayon to make a rubbing of the trail marker (designated by a star ( ) symbol on each map) located along each trail. Trail markers are mounted on posts and are similar to the one illustrated on the inside back cover. If you are unable to maneuver the trail, take three (3) pictures around the park, print them, and attach to the corresponding trail map in the booklet. See how many rubbings you can collect and look for the prizes that await you! • After visiting/walking at least 10 Passport sponsored trails, then go to Main FCPR Office, 355 Montevue Lane, 1st Floor, Frederick, MD 21702 and receive a gift. • Questers who complete all 20 trails will be entered into a raffle for one of these prizes: (1) $250 Wegmans Gift Card or (2) Gift Certificates for a Fitness or Nutritional program from FCPR. Prizes may be picked up at the Main FCPR Office, (Monday-Friday, 8:00 am- 4:00 pm). In addition, this location is also the very last Passport trail. LiveWell Frederick’s 5-2-1-0 program helps our community members incorporate lifestyle changes to increase health and wellness. The 5-2-1-0 program is designed to help your family grow stronger, smarter and healthier together. 5 Five or more fruits and vegetables every day. • Choose fresh, frozen or canned. • Eat fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. 2 Two hours or less of recreational screen time every day. • No screen time for children under age two. • No TVs, computers or games where you sleep. 1 One hour or more of physical activity every day. • Choose toys and games that promote physical activity. • Make family time, active time. 0 Zero sugary drinks; more water and low fat milk. • Stop choosing sugary drinks. • Choose water and 1% milk instead. For more information, visit livewellfrederick.com. Rose Hill Manor Park ± Note: Map is not set to scale. ! ^ ;< ! P ! Start/Finish Trail Route Passport Marker Parking ! ;< P ! ! ! ! ! Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú ^ ! Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú ! Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú ! ! ! Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú ! Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú Rose Hill Manor Park 1611 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701 Trail Information: This trail is easily accessible to all ages, (limited mobility or pushing a stroller). Look for the trail marker on the paved walkways near the ice house. Length: .25 miles Difficulty:Easy Features: This beautiful location features the Manor House, a Farm and Family Building, icehouse, log cabin, blacksmith shop, carriage collection, two barns, and restrooms. Several gardens for health and wellness feature vegetables, culinary and medicinal beds. Additionally, several play spaces are set up in the garden and feature: hoop and stick, graces and calisthenics which allow visitors a glimpse of how life was during historic times. Children’s Museum: Visit Recreater.com for current hours of operation and schedule of programs. MAKE TRAIL MARKER RUBBING HERE ^ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! RD FREDERICK OLD ! ! P;< ! ± ! ! Utica District Park ! ! Note: Map is not set to scale. Start/Finish Trail Route Passport Marker Parking ! ^ ! P;< ! CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN HWY Utica District Park 10200-B Old Frederick Road, Frederick, MD 21701 Trail Information: Park in front of the Sand Volleyball courts and enjoy the paved trail around various sports fields and past picnic shelters before continuing on to the mulched nature trail. The mulched trail winds through the woods and rejoins the paved trail. For a more accessible experience, park in the large parking area near Shelter 1. The trail marker is easily accessible and can be reached while walking on paved walkways. Length: 1.5 miles Difficulty: Moderate Features: This park features grills, horseshoe pits, picnic shelters, picnic tables, playgrounds, softball and baseball fields, a special event field, multi-purpose fields, sand volleyball courts, a soccer court, a basketball court, and a synthetic turf complex. MAKE TRAIL MARKER RUBBING HERE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Fountain Rock ! Park ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Trout ! Pond ! ! ! ^ Quarry ! ! Boa rdw alk ! Nature ! Center ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! NATURE CENTER PL Start/Finish P ;< Trail Route Pennsylvania Railroad ^ Passport Marker ;<P Parking ± Note: Map is not set to scale. Fountain Rock Park 8511 Nature Center Place, Walkersville, MD 21793 Trail Information: Park at the parking lot and head straight on the paved path towards the Nature Center. Take some time to check out the beautiful Quarry Pond and greet the resident turtles. The trail continues behind the Nature Center through Hackberry Hollow, a nature discovery area. The Hackberry Hollow trail is a mulched trail and continues around to loop in front of the Trout Pond. You will access the passport marker in front of the pond and finish the trail by walking in front of the shelter and the playground. For a more accessible experience, skip the Hackberry Hollow trail. Length: .35 miles Difficulty:Moderate Features: This scenic park features a Quarry Pond with several kinds of fish, turtles, birds, playground, a pavilion for picnicking, a series of nature trails that connect to Walkersville Community Park, and a trout pond for fishing, (check the bulletin board for current regulations). Nature Center: Visit Recreater.com for current hours of operation and schedule of programs. MAKE TRAIL MARKER RUBBING HERE Libertytown LIBERTY RD Park P ! ;< ! ! ^ ! ! ! ! ! ! Start/Finish Trail Route ± ^ Passport Marker Note: Map is not set to scale. ;<P Parking Libertytown Park 12201 Liberty Road, Libertytown, MD 21762 Trail Information: Park in the parking lot and head towards the paved path around the ball field. You can access the passport marker before heading down stairs toward the tennis and basketball courts. Stay to the left and follow the natural path around the field, eventually looping back to the stairs. For a more accessible experience, explore the other paved trails around the park. Length: .75 miles Difficulty: Easy Features: This park features ball fields, basketball courts, grills, multipurpose field, picnic shelter, picnic tables, playground, tennis and volleyball courts, and an additional hilly grass nature walking trail. MAKE TRAIL MARKER RUBBING HERE Old National Pike Park ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ^ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ;<P Start/Finish Trail Route §¨70 ^ Passport Marker ± P Parking ;< Note: Map is not set to scale. Old National Pike Park 12406 Old National Pike, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Trail Information: Park in the large parking lot at the front of the park and start on the paved path near shelter #1. This path will take participants on a well-marked/ paved trail through the beautiful Old National Pike District Park. You will experience a few challenging inclines, but is conveniently accessible to all mobility levels. Length: .83 miles Difficulty: Moderate Features: This well-manicured park features a baseball field, multipurpose fields, grills, horseshoe pits, mister posts, picnic shelters, picnic tables, playground, volleyball nets and a gorgeous nature/mulched walking trail. MAKE TRAIL MARKER RUBBING HERE Kemptown Park ! ! ! ! ! ! P ! ! ;< ! ! ! ! ^ ! ! ! Start/Finish Trail Route ^ Passport Marker ± ;<P Parking Note: Map is not set to scale. Kemptown Community Park 3456 –B Kemptown Church Road, Monrovia, MD 21770 Trail Information: Park in the parking lot near shelter 4 and follow the short paved trail next to the playground.
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