Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A little more than half of the trail is paved, and the other half has a gravel surface.
A small portion of the trail includes a bridle path. Ten bridges help keep you dry
as you travel through this flood plain. The most impressive, the 1902 Guilford Pratt
Truss Bridge, is a symbol of Howard County's two most important industries—the
railroad and the granite quarry. Signs along the trail explain the historical significance
of both industries, and the trail will take you straight through the grounds of a quarry
that operated until 1928.
Bridges along the trail make the going easier on this mixed-surface trail in Savage Park.
The rail-trail ends at Lake Elkhorn, but picnic facilities, a playground, parking, a
boat slip, and a walking and biking path around the lake may keep you going. Or you
can head back to the Savage Park entrance of the Patuxent Branch Trail and pick up
the flatter and shorter
Savage Mill Trail
that begins just a few blocks away.
DIRECTIONS
To access the Savage Park entrance from Interstate 95, take MD Route 32
(Patuxent Parkway) east, and then turn right on US Route 1 (Baltimore Wash-
ington Blvd.), heading south toward Laurel. Turn right on Gorman Road, and
then turn right on Foundry Street. Turn left onto Washington Street and follow it
to the end, where you take a right onto Fair Street, which ends at the park. Take
the road in the parking lot to the right until it ends at a smaller parking lot at the
trailhead.
To access the Lake Elkhorn entrance from Interstate 95, take MD Route 32
(Patuxent Parkway) west and then take the Broken Land Parkway north toward
