Catonsville Rails to Trails
Catonsville Rails to Trails
Map of Catonsville Trails and Linkages [pdf 372KB]
Short Line Trail Description and Photos
Map of Short Line Trail [pdf 576KB]
#8 Streetcar Trail Description and Photos
#9 Trolley Trail Description and Photos
When: Saturday December 15, 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Between Shady Nook and Maiden Choice
(see map below, dotted line marks the section of the trail).
Meet on the trail, parking available at Western HS in front of gym.
Bring: Warm clothes, Work gloves, Protective eyewear,
Hand and chain saws, clippers, etc. We’ll have a pick-up truck
and a large wood chipper.
Your work will represent an in-kind donation to Catonsville Rails-to-Trails,
Inc., a non-profit group dedicated to establishing and maintaining safe
recreational trails in our region.
Download
Cleanup flyer [doc 101KB]
Please RSVP to Michael at
mtabes@hotmail.com
CRTT participated in the Catonsville Arts and Crafts Festival on Sunday September 9, 2007. We had many visitors who chatted about the trail. Download the 2007 Fall Festival Shortlines Newsletter [doc 101KB]
The Columbia Ski Club is planning a bicycle ride around the Catonsville, Ellicott City, and Patapsco Valley area. The ride is planned to use the trail coming out of Ellicott City from River Road/Frederick Ave/ trail to Edmonston Ave., over to Rolling Road and back to the park. This ride is also used by the Balto Bike Club, so the trail is a great connector.
The ride would be for those with a road bike not a hybrid or mountain bike because of the hills on the Ellicott City side of the ride . The return out of the park is Lawyers Hill and Landing Rd, both not suitable for any wide tire bikes.
CSC Listing: Bike Ride - Patapsco Valley, 22 very hilly miles 7/4/07 and 9/3/07.
Meet at 10:00am at the Ilchester Elementry school. Ice cream stop along the way.
Bike helmets are mandatory on all CSC bike rides.
Contact Diane M. by email at
diane-brightview@comcast.net
Columbia Ski Club Activities Listings
Eagle Scout Candidate Mike Bledsoe of Boy Scout Troop 306 organized
trail clean-ups on May 26, June 23, and July 7, 2007. His work crews
cleaned up the downed brush and logs along the Short Line Trail east of
Maiden Choice Lane.
Well done Mike, and thanks!
Garlic Mustard is an invasive species first brought to the new world for food and medicinal purposes. Garlic Mustard poses a severe threat to native plants and animals in forest communities in much of the eastern United States.
You can help remove this threat! See the Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group's web page, or download their description in a PDF file. [pdf 189KB]
Twenty five to thirth folks showed up for a beautiful Saturday Apri 14,
2007 to clean up the Catonsville Short Line Trail between Maiden Choice
Avenue and Charlestown. We collected another pick-up truck full of trash.
We also collected a large amount of metal debris for recycling.
Thanks to all who showed up for both our clean-up days, and for all
neighbors who pick up trash as they walk!
Catonsville Rails-to-Trails, Inc. published a Feasibility Study and Resource Guide for converting the abandoned Catonsville Short Line Rail Road into a multi-purpose recreational trail. The Study describes the trail corridor and history of the area, provides in-depth look at natural resources and cultural resources, identifies issues that need to be addressed, and proposes linkages to existing recreational resources. The Study also includes letters of community support, a usage survey and crime analysis of a similar trail, and a history of the local trolley system. This study was released in March 2001.
Feasibility Study Files in Acrobat PDF format:
Due to the size of the Study, the document has been broken down into parts to facilitate downloading. The narrative portion of the document is the "master" file. The figures are 11X17 maps that are inserted into the study.
Last Updated: December 11, 2007
Please send additions and corrections to:
Curator: Thomas C. Bagg, III,