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Gwynns Falls Trail
Middle Branch Park at Waterview Avenue
The Gwynns Falls Trail at Middle Branch Park is a splendid place to do some birdwatching, learn to row, try your luck fishing, and relax while enjoying views of the city's skyline and harbor activities. To the north, under I-95, the Gwynns Falls for which the trail is named flows into the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River and eventually to the Chesapeake Bay. The Middle Branch is a stopover for birds migrating on the Atlantic Flyway, so spend some time on the wildlife observatory boardwalks located west along the trail.
Study the Map-Before you start or resume your journey, study the kiosk map and determine your destination along the 15-mile Gwynns Falls Trail. From this point take the trail east past Harbor Hospital one mile to the trail's current southern terminus at Middle Branch Park at Hanover Street (Trailhead 9).
To the west and north, follow the trail 6.2 miles to the hustle and bustle of the Inner Harbor, or, at Ostend Street, head west to Carroll Park, one of Baltimore's large landscaped parks. From here to Carroll Park Golf Course (Trailhead 6) is 4.3 miles. Look for similar kiosks at major access points along the trail.
Since the Baltimore Rowing and Water Resource Center opened here in the 1980s, local universities and residents have revived a tradition of rowing competitions on the Middle Branch.
Young people canoe on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River associated with the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
(Inscription above the photo on the lower right of the marker)
Old postcard of the Fair View boat on the Patapsco River. |