This Passport: Revised March 20, 2017, EAM #177406
Nature Quest Baltimore County, Maryland The Adventure Begins… Nature Quest Fest Baltimore County invites you to explore and Held Annually Each Fall experience our region’s diverse outdoor adventures with Nature Quest! Here’s your Hold on to your Passport! If you have completed at least 5 trails, opportunity to discover the beauty and your passport is your free admission ticket to the Nature Quest Fest solitude of nature, a variety of wildlife, the held each year in the fall (date and time to be announced by Lake magnificence of natural settings—and the Roland on www.LakeRoland.org). health benefits of being more active—all in our own “backyard!” Nature Quest Fest is an exciting celebration and will include multiple activities such as canoeing, archery, meeting live animals, Share the wonders of the great outdoors with family and friends and get to know your region up close and personal. fishing, and more. Be sure to RSVP at one of the parks when you collect your prizes! For more information, call us at 410-887-4156, The Wegmans Hit the Trail Passport program is ongoing throughout the year, or email [email protected]. with our annual Nature Quest Fest celebrating the participants happening each fall. See how many trail marker rubbings you can collect, and read below for the prizes that await you!
Redeem Your Completed Passport for Prizes All Questers that complete 5 or more trails will receive a prize and free admission to Quest Fest in the fall. A park stamp certifies a completed Nature Quest Hit the Trails Passport. When you present your passport booklet to receive your prize, a park staff Questers that complete 9-16 trails will receive the prizes listed above and member will stamp here to show you have completed 5 or more trails. be entered in raffles for prizes such as a $250 Wegmans Gift Card, a free pavilion rental at Lake Roland, a free pavilion rental at Honeygo Run Park, a boat trip to Hart Miller Island for up to eight people, gift baskets from Oregon Ridge Nature Center, the Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park, and Banneker Historical Park, and much more. Prizes can be picked up during building hours at participating parks. One prize and/or raffle entry per completed passport per person. Please call (410) 887- ______4156 or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Park Staff: Stamp in this Box Date Completed We hope that Nature Quest and your Hit the Trail Passport provide you, your
family, and friends an easy way to enjoy nature, fitness, and fun!
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1 mile to trail marker one way.
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The park trails are bla ed by color for easy identification. ets are permitted as long as they are on leashes. The trails will pass by habitats in transition such as the gypsy moth devastation that killed 18 acres of oak forest in 200 . This parcel of land is now in succession from meadow to woodland with oak saplings. The ed
Trail will pass the regon Branch, where the trail is scattered with pieces of garnets from the rock formation mica schist in the area.
the portion of the ed Trail that used to cut through the lake is closed indefinitely. lease obey the signs and use the C T T L K range Trail detour to and from the gas line. The lake is closed for all activities until further notice.
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1 mile to trail marker one way.
N39° 29.291’, W76° 41.535’
oderate, varying terrains
The park trails are bla ed by color for easy identification. ets are permitted as long as they are on leashes. The trails will pass by habitats in transition such as the gypsy moth devastation that killed 18 acres of oak forest in 200 . This parcel of land is now in succession from meadow to woodland with oak saplings. The ed
Trail will pass the regon Branch, where the trail is scattered with pieces of garnets from the rock formation mica schist in the area.
the portion of the ed Trail that used to cut through the lake is closed indefinitely. lease obey the signs and use the C T T L K range Trail detour to and from the gas line. The lake is closed for all activities until further notice.
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Length: Hiking Time: ‘ Difficulty:
Features: Cromwell Valley has been settled since the early 1700’s and used as “Lime Kiln Bottom,” valley beginning in the mid 1800’s. You will pass three of these kilns along this base of the kilns. The lime kilns in the valley operated until the 1920’s.
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n e i e n Lakeside Drive , Baltimore ounty, D Directions: hile facing the bulletin board in the parking lot at the park, 4156 ● www.lakeroland.org take the paved pathway to your left. hen you see the playground, ark ours unrise to unset continue down the pathway to the left. The marker will be located on the Nature enter ours am – pm, Tuesday – unday
Battery lagett sign. Tucked into the surrounding communities of u ton and GPS Coordinates: N . , . oland ark, Lake oland remains a wonderful secret to Length: . miles to marker Difficulty: asy many. The park consists of over acres of forests,
Features: The trail at ort oward ark is uni ue in that you can access an meadows, wetlands, streams, a lake, and globally rare online Do t ourself Tour uide to learn about the various historical sites serpentine barrens. n addition, the park is steeped in history. along the trail. sing this code also posted on the bulletin board in the The park sits in two different historic districts and has many park will take you to the riends of ort oward ark website, where you historic structures, including a reek evival pump house, can find the link to download the Tour uide document. ollow the directions it provides and you are off on a . mile hike through Baltimore dam, and structures from the Baltimore us uehanna ounty history. ailroad later, the Northern entral ailroad .
isitors can enjoy miles of hiking and biking trails, a visit to the park’s new Nature Center, canoeing and kayaking on the lake, participating in one of the many nature programs, aw
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T L BB N Directions: Lake oland is located just north of the intersection of alls oad and Lake venue. ark signs on alls oad will help direct visitors to the park. arking can be found at the parking lot at the end of Lakeside Drive or at the alls oad Light ail lot. r even better, take the Light ail to the park.
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ars y oint ark ort Howard DOWN o e trai s are or iking on y but ot ers are a so or peop e riding t ese regon idge ark ed un trea a ey rai ring t is wit you to stay ydrated ear ayers so t at you can be prepared or any kind o now ow to identi y t is t ree ea ed p ant so t at you can avoid it en a in anneker Historica ark Don’t hike alone, bring one of these with you. ake sure you ave a pair t at is co ortab e and c osed toed The Adventure Begins… Nature Quest Fest Baltimore County invites you to explore and Held Annually Each Fall experience our region’s diverse outdoor adventures with Nature Quest! Here’s your Hold on to your Passport! If you have completed at least 5 trails, opportunity to discover the beauty and your passport is your free admission ticket to the Nature Quest Fest solitude of nature, a variety of wildlife, the held each year in the fall (date and time to be announced by Lake magnificence of natural settings—and the Roland on www.LakeRoland.org). health benefits of being more active—all in our own “backyard!” Nature Quest Fest is an exciting celebration and will include multiple activities such as canoeing, archery, meeting live animals, Share the wonders of the great outdoors with family and friends and get to know your region up close and personal. fishing, and more. Be sure to RSVP at one of the parks when you collect your prizes! For more information, call us at 410-887-4156, The Wegmans Hit the Trail Passport program is ongoing throughout the year, or email [email protected]. with our annual Nature Quest Fest celebrating the participants happening each fall. See how many trail marker rubbings you can collect, and read below for the prizes that await you!
Redeem Your Completed Passport for Prizes All Questers that complete 5 or more trails will receive a prize and free admission to Quest Fest in the fall. A park stamp certifies a completed Nature Quest Hit the Trails Passport. When you present your passport booklet to receive your prize, a park staff Questers that complete 9-16 trails will receive the prizes listed above and member will stamp here to show you have completed 5 or more trails. be entered in raffles for prizes such as a $250 Wegmans Gift Card, a free pavilion rental at Lake Roland, a free pavilion rental at Honeygo Run Park, a boat trip to Hart Miller Island for up to eight people, gift baskets from Oregon Ridge Nature Center, the Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park, and Banneker Historical Park, and much more. Prizes can be picked up during building hours at participating parks. One prize and/or raffle entry per completed passport per person. Please call (410) 887- ______4156 or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Park Staff: Stamp in this Box Date Completed We hope that Nature Quest and your Hit the Trail Passport provide you, your
family, and friends an easy way to enjoy nature, fitness, and fun!
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