| "If your dog is fat," the old saying
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| | famous fort, dogs are also welcome at
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| goes, "you aren't getting enough
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| | Fort McHenry National Monument. Unlike
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| exercise." But walking the dog need not
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| | the others, your best friend won't be
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| be just about a little exercise. Here are
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| | able to explore the actual fort but there
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| 13 cool things you can see in greater
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| | is plenty of fresh grass to romp on
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| Baltimore while you hike with your
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| | outside the bastion walls.HENRYTON
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| dog.AIRPLANES. The BWI Airport is the
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| | TUNNEL. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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| only airport in America that features a
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| | built its first line west along the
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| recreational trail. The Thomas A. Dixon
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| | Patapsco River and the trails at Henryton
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| Jr. Aircraft Observation Area on this
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| | Road in Patapsco State Park follow a
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| 12.5-mile paved trail, opened in 1994,
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| | particularly historic stretch of the Old
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| provides an ideal spot to watch the
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| | Main Line. On a rainy night in 1830 Irish
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| planes land directly in front of you. You
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| | laborers, tired of waiting for back pay,
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| won't be able to see the rubber hit the
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| | rioted and managed to destroy all this
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| ground here but can see it from other
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| | track for five miles to Sykesville. The
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| spots along the trail. To get the feel of
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| | disturbance prompted the first ever
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| a big jet soaring directly over your head
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| | American troop transport by train when
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| walk down a half-mile to the east (you'll
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| | the Baltimore militia rode out to squelch
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| see stop signs) and stand here. It won't
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| | the rampage. When the trail crosses this
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| be only jets using the airport either -
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| | section of railroad track look to the
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| you can spot an occasional propeller
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| | west and see the Henryton Tunnel. Opened
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| plane as well.AMUSEMENT PARK RUINS.
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| | in 1850, it is the second-oldest tunnel
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| Although only 20 acres in size, the Bay
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| | in the world that remains in active
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| Shore Park was considered one of the
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| | railroad use.MODEL TRAINS. Thomas Winans
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| finest amusement parks ever built along
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| | made his fortune building the Russian
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| the Chesapeake Bay. Built in 1906, the
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| | transcontinental railroad for Czar
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| park featured an Edwardian-style dance
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| | Nicholas I. He learned railroading from
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| hall, bowling alley and restaurant set
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| | his father Ross who invented the swivel
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| among gardens and curving pathways. There
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| | wheel truck that enabled trains to
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| were rides such as a water toboggan and
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| | negotiate curves. Their railroad heritage
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| Sea Swing. Visitors would come out from
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| | is preserved at Leakin Park in Baltimore
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| Baltimore on a trolley line. Most of the
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| | by the Chesapeake & Allegheny Live
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| park was torn down after its closure in
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| | Steamers who maintain three miles of
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| 1947 but you and the dog can explore the
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| | track for miniature steam trains that
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| remains of the turn-of-the-century
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| | carry passengers (sorry, no dogs) free of
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| amusement park, including the wood-framed
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| | charge the second Sunday of every month.
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| trolley station and the restored
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| | Capable of speeds of 25 mph, the trains
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| ornamental fountain, in North Shore State
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| | rumble along instead at a
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| Park. Complete your tour with a hike down
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| | passenger-friendly 6 mph.MODERN ART. The
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| the old Bayshore Pier which juts almost a
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| | natural beauty of Quiet Waters Park in
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| quarter-mile into the wind-swept Bay - a
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| | Annapolis is augmented by the outdoor
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| diving board once operated here where
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| | sculptures that grace the grounds.
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| benches are today.BALD EAGLES. With
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| | Sculptures are chosen by jury from
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| nearly 13,000 acres of undeveloped space,
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| | national and international artists
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| the Patuxent Research Refuge is said to
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| | working with a variety of material and
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| be the largest patch of green space
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| | installed on a rotating basis. When your
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| remaining on the East Coast between
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| | dog tires of sniffing the statuary, you
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| Boston and Raleigh. Research done here
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| | can take her to Anne Arundel County's
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| was used by Rachel Carson to argue that
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| | first dog park at the back of Quiet
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| the pesticide DDT was weakening the
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| | Waters. Not only are there two large
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| shells of bird eggs, especially bald
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| | fenced-in enclosures for big and small
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| eagles, causing them not to hatch. Her
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| | dogs but there is a dog beach on the
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| book, Silent Spring, led to the banning
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| | South River for serious dog paddling.POT
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| of DDT and launched the modern
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| | ROCKS. From the parking lot on US 1 at
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| environmental movement. Today more than
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| | the Big Gunpowder Falls there is great
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| 250 species - 8 of every 10 birds that
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| | canine hiking on both sides of the river
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| can be seen in the Baltimore area - have
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| | in either direction. On the opposite bank
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| been sighted at Patuxent, including a
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| | heading downstream on the Big Gunpowder
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| pair of nesting bald eagles in the North
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| | Trail, about a mile down, are the Pot
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| Tract in Anne Arundel County. These
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| | Rocks. You and the dog can walk out and
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| representatives of America's national
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| | examine the conical depressions created
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| symbol quite possibly could be the bald
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| | in the bedrock by swirling waters armed
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| eagles living closest to the White House.
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| | with millions of years worth of grinding
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| Don't let your dog dig around at the
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| | cobbles. These unique potholes can be a
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| North Tract - this land was once a
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| | foot or more deep. Keep hiking another
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| testing ground for Fort Meade and may
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| | two miles down the river and you reach
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| still harbor live ammunition.If you
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| | the last series of rapids on the
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| aren't lucky enough to spot the eagles in
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| | Gunpowder as the water leaves the hilly
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| flight at the refuge, try hiking the
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| | Piedmont region and slips into the flat
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| Hashawha Trails at the Bear Branch Nature
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| | Coastal Plain.RARE TREES. Growing
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| Center in Carroll County. Here is the
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| | unobtrusivley beside the parking lot at
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| chance for your curious dog to look a
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| | Tridelphia Recreation Area is one of the
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| bald eagle in the eye. The Nature Center
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| | rarest native ornamental trees in the
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| maintains a M.A.S.H. unit for raptors who
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| | world, the Franklinia Alatamaha. A
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| have been injured too badly to be
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| | relative of the camelia, this flowering
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| returned to the wild. The cages for
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| | tree is prized at any time of the year -
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| eagles, kestrels, hawks, owls, turkey
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| | in the winter for its striped bark, in
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| vultures and other recovering birds of
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| | the summer for its palm-sized snow white
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| prey are on the Vista Trail.CANAL LOCK.
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| | flowers, and in the fall for its deep red
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| Near North Park in Havre de Grace, the
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| | leaves. The Franklinia was discovered by
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| 444-mile Susquehanna River is busy
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| | Philadelphia botanist John Bartram in
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| emptying 19 million gallons of fresh
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| | 1765 in a remote corner of Georgia along
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| water every minute into the Chesapeake
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| | the Alatamaha River and named for his
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| Bay that it has drained from 13 million
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| | friend Benjamin Franklin. It has not been
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| acres of land. The rocky river upstream
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| | found growing in the wild since 1790.For
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| from here, however, is not navigable and
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| | a true arboreal education however, treat
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| the 45-mile Susquehanna and Tidewater
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| | the dog to Cylburn Arboretum in
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| Canal opened for barges, pulled at 4
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| | Baltimore, one of the few such tree
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| miles per hour by mules, to haul goods
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| | museums that permit dogs on the grounds.
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| between Havre de Grace and Wrightsville,
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| | The collection at Cylburn features
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| Pennsylvania. The first of 29 locks
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| | several Maryland Big Tree Champions
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| operated here and it has been restored to
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| | including an Italian maple and a
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| its original appearance including a
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| | paperback maple. Two easy champions to
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| pivoting footbridge that swung open to
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| | see are on the lawn in the right front of
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| allow barge traffic to pass. The handsome
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| | the mansion: a castor aralia with large
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| brick Lock House, now a museum open on
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| | glossy leaves and an Amur maackia. Both
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| weekends, dates to the canal's opening in
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| | trees are native to Asia and are
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| 1840. The large grassy lawn can be used
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| | resilient to pests. The maackia is a
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| for a first-rate game of fetch.CHOATE
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| | member of the pea family discovered by
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| MINE. The first chromium mines in America
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| | 19th century explorer Karlovich Maack
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| were opened in rural Baltimore County in
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| | along the Amur River between Siberia and
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| 1808 and from 1828 to 1850 just about
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| | China.UNUSUAL BRIDGES. Hiking in
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| every scrap of chrome in the world came
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| | Gunpowder Falls State Park in Harford
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| from here. Along the Choate Mine Trail in
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| | County, downstream from Jerusalem Mill
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| Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental
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| | about 1/2 mile, is Jericho Covered
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| Area you can stand in front of the
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| | Bridge, one of only six remaining covered
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| entrance to the Choate Mine and look into
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| | bridges in Maryland and the only one of
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| the slanting hole kept open by
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| | its kind in Baltimore and Harford
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| half-timbered posts. So close the cool
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| | counties. Old folk wisdom held that these
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| air will rustle your dog's fur. The mine
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| | bridges were built to resemble a barn so
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| once ran 200 feet deep and 160 feet
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| | as to entice a wary horse across water
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| across.DAMS. After a long hike at Robert
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| | but the bridges are covered simply to
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| E. Lee Park around Lake Roland you can
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| | protect the expensive wooden decks. The
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| sit on top of the Greek Revival valve
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| | ford at this point across the Little
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| house completed in 1862 and look over the
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| | Gunpowder Falls dates to Colonial times;
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| stone dam. Lake Roland, created after
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| | the bridge was constructed in 1865.
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| plugging up Jones Falls, was Baltimore's
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| | Builder Thomas F. used three truss types
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| first reservoir. This smallish dam is
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| | in its construction: the simple Multiple
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| just an appetizer for the dams yet to
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| | King Post; the horizontal Queen Post
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| come that were built to quench
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| | extension; and the Burr Arch, patented in
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| Baltimore's thirst. Others to see include
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| | 1804 by Theodore Burr, for stability.
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| hiking to the base of Liberty Dam at the
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| | Renovated in 1981, the Jericho Covered
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| end of Feezer's Lane in Patapsco State
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| | Bridge still carries traffic.In Howard
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| Park or using the Gunpowder South Trail
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| | County's Savage Park, on Foundry Road at
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| in the Hereford section of Gunpowder
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| | the trailhead for the Historic Mill
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| Falls State Park to see the Prettyboy
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| | Trail, is the last remaining Bollman
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| Dam, built in 1933. No tour of
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| | Truss bridge in the world. Your dog can
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| Baltimore's dams would be complete
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| | trot across the first successful iron
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| without a visit to Conowingo Dam,
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| | bridge used by railroads, patented by
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| America's longest concrete slab dam
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| | Wendell A. Bolman in 1852. This example,
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| across the Susquehanna River. You can
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| | a National Historic Civil Engineering
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| take the dog to gaze out at the Conowingo
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| | Landmark, originally carried traffic on
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| Dam in Susquehanna State Park.FORTS. At
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| | the Baltimore & Ohio main line but was
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| Fort Howard Park your dog can climb into
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| | disassembled and put into service here
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| an actual gun battery and scan the
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| | for Savage Mill in 1887.copyright 2006I
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| Patapsco River just like gunnery officers
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| | am the author of over 20 books, including
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| who once aimed guns capable of accurately
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| | 8 on hiking with your dog, including the
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| firing 1,000 pound projectiles eight
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| | widely praised The Canine Hiker's Bible.
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| miles. Ruins abound at the former
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| | As publisher of Cruden Bay Books, we
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| "Bulldog at Baltimore's Gate," including
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| | produce the innovative A Bark In The
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| remainders left over from the 1960s when
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| | Park series of canine hiking books found
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| a mock Vietnamese village was created for
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| | at
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| training at Fort Howard. Batteries and
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| | During the warm months I lead canine
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| magazines that once formed the coastal
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| | hikes as
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| defense of Baltimore in 1899 can also be
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| | tour leader for tours, leading packs of
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| seen at Fort Armistead Park and Fort
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| | dogs and humans on
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| Smallwood Park. As for Baltimore's most
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| | day and overnight trips.
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