MILESTONES URBAN OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

Anacostia Heritage Area may be located just a few miles from downtown Washington D.C., but a surprising MARYLAND MILESTONES feature is the variety of outdoor urban adventures. HERITAGE CENTER Protected watersheds and community parks merge with 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, MD trails and open spaces to create activities for every level of outdoor enthusiast - and a chance to find your “Maryland One block from the Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Milestone.” and located in the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center

The Anacostia Tributary Trails System links up to Start your exploration of the Anacostia Trails Washington D.C.’s Trail at Bladensburg Heritage Area at the Maryland Milestones Heritage Waterfront Park. Encompassing over 60 miles of trails, the Center! With brochures, exhibits, and a rotating system is family-friendly with level routes and beautiful event schedule, the Heritage Center is a great starting scenery. Ideal starting points are Bladensburg Waterfront place in historic Hyattsville. Our partners work to Park or , a great fishing, birding, and preserve and promote the history, art, culture, and community space. Two other great trails are the Rhode natural resources of northern Prince George’s County, Island Avenue Trolley Trail in Hyattsville, Riverdale Maryland, located just outside Washington, D.C. Park, and College Park; and the Washington, Baltimore, From bikes to boats, getting outdoors is easy in the Heritage Area. With a wide variety of historic sites, arts centers, Join local bike shops for a monthly bike ride or take a boat tour at trails and rivers, and nineteen participating local & Annapolis Trolley Trail between Glenn Dale and the Bladensburg Waterfront Park. in Bowie. governments, the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area is Prince George’s County has a variety of great playgrounds, a unique experience for visitors and residents. Our parks, and community sites. For example, Dinosaur participating communities in Maryland are: Interpretive Site near Laurel allows fossil digging; Ellen • Beltsville • Glenn Dale Linson Pool/Wells Ice Rink in College Park is a place • Berwyn Heights • Greenbelt to swim or skate; and Berwyn Heights’ Indian Creek • Bladensburg • Hyattsville Playground has an American Indian theme. To find out • Bowie • Laurel more, contact the Maryland-National Capital Park and • Brentwood • Mount Rainier Planning Commission. From learning to walk to learning to ride, trails and playgrounds • Cheverly • North Brentwood • College Park • Riverdale Park around the Heritage Area are a unique treat for our young visitors. Many communities have their own parks too. The City Try the Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail or the paths in Historic • Colmar Manor • University Park of Greenbelt operates Buddy Attick Park with a lake, Greenbelt for safe, level locations. • Cottage City • Prince George’s playground, and walking trails. Hyattsville’s Magruder • Edmonston County Bladensburg Waterfront Park has bike rentals, kayak and Park has playing fields, playgrounds, and connections to canoe rentals, as well as boat launches and weekly pontoon the Tributary Trails. The City of Bowie has Allen Pond boat rides. Be sure to pick up a Anacostia Water Trail Map Park, while the City of Laurel has Granville Gude Park. before exploring by water. On the Patuxent River, Laurel’s Riverfront Park is a relaxing trail landscape along the Finally, to sleep under the stars find the closest tent river, while in Bowie the Governor Bridge Natural Area camping in the D.C. area at Greenbelt National Park. includes a canoe launch on to the lower Patuxent River. Camping, hiking, and regular interpretive programs are Also along the Patuxent, the National Wildlife Visitor offered. Cherry Hill RV Park in College Park is a popular Center at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge provides option for recreational vehicles and campers. outdoor tram tours, bird viewing, hiking, fishing, and public programs. Come and explore the urban outdoors!

HERITAGE ROUTES • Linking the Nation: Transportation & Communication • From Hot Air Balloons to Steps on the Moon The following Heritage Routes are tours • Main Streets & Miracle Miles which connect multiple sites and themes. They can be accessed by foot, bike, or • Farms & Fields: Agriculture Heritage vehicle. Brochures for select routes are • Urban Outdoor Adventures available at the Maryland Milestones • Painting the Town: Arts & Humanities Visitors Center or find all of them at • Festivals & Farmers Markets www.marylandmilestones.org. • Battle of Bladensburg Walking Tour

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704 Brightseat Road Bladensburg Waterfront Park Governor Bridge Natural Area 214 WB&A Trailhead 1 4 L 7 Seat Pleasant Drive a 193 rg o (Trailhead for Anacostia River Trail) 7600 Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, MD (Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation) Ro Central Ave ad 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD Operating Hours:214 Daily, 8a - Sunset 10100 Annapolis Road, Lanham, MD 20706 Robert M. Operating Hours: Daily, Sunrise - Sunset 301-627-6074 / www.pgparks.com Watkins Operating Hours: Daily, Sunrise - Sunset 301-779-0371 / www.pgparks.com Regional Park 301-699-2255/www.pgparks.com 5 Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge 2 Lake Artemesia & Tributary Trails System (National Wildlife Visitors Center) 8 Maryland Milestones Heritage Center Berwyn Road & 55th Avenue, Berwyn Heights, MD 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (Located near Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail) Operating Hours; Daily, Sunrise - Sunset Operating Hours: Mon-Wed, 9-4:30; Fri-Sun, 9-4:30 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, MD 301-627-7755 / www.pgparks.com 301-497-5760 / www.fws.gov/refuge/Patuxent 301-887-0777 / [email protected] (additional trailheads: Adelphi Mill, Magruder Park) Operating Hours: Tue-Sat, 10-5; Sun 12-5 6 Dinosaur Park Interpretive Site 3 () 13100 Mid-Atlantic Boulevard, Laurel, MD Other Referenced Stopping Points: 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD Operating Hours: Daily, Sunrise-Sunet Many of the other points referenced in this Heritage Operating Hours: Daily, Sunrise - Sunset 301-627-1286 / www.pgparks.com Route are community parks. We encourage you to visit 301-344-3944 / www.nps.gov/gree (Public Open Time: 1st and 3rd Sat., 12-4p) respectfully. For more details on locations or parking, (Campground ranger station - Daily, 8a-3:45p) please contact Maryland Milestones.

This Project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality Photos: Kayak, Owl, Boats, Bikes, Playgrond S.L. Rogers; Bike Sunset, Millie Tansil; Bridge, M-NCPPC/Cassi Hayden; of the State of Maryland and through funding provided by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Tents, NPS; Slide, James Wilkenson Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority or Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.