Lots of snow this winter by our standards. Makes the woods pretty, but there will be hell to pay from the ice by morning.

Lots of snow this winter by our standards. Makes the woods pretty, but there will be hell to pay from the ice by morning.

25 degrees, but not too much wind. A pretty 3.8 mile hike including time on the “beach” along a partially-drained reservoir. Lots of birds and other wildlife to be found.



Short little hike around a man-made 54-acre reservoir. One of the many branches of the Little Patuxent River, a water system that defines much of the character of central Maryland (and provides numerous good hikes) before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. Nothing majestic but a great little piece of nature hidden inside suburbia.
Used to love this place as a kid. Was fun to come back and spend a few hours. Only regret is the river rafting isn’t operational this time of year.







