This past weekend, our family went camping at Deep Creek Lake with my dad and step-mom. I’ve visited the area a number of times over the last 10 years and I always love being there. The rolling hills, lake houses, mountain wildflowers, unique tourist spots, and the overall lake atmosphere is phenomenal. Every time we go camping at Deep Creek Lake, I wish I could live there.
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Weverton Cliffs
Weverton Cliffs is one of the top Maryland scenic hikes because of the vista views from this spot. It’s a rocky destination with views of the Potomac River and Harpers Ferry in the distance. If you hike from the base of the mountain, it’s a 1.5-mile out-and-back on a semi-steep switchback trail. For a longer point-to-point day hike, you could start in Crampton Gap and end just below Weverton Cliffs (approximately 6.3 miles). This is one of the best views you can get from hiking in Maryland.
In 2017, my sister, my husband, and I backpacked 17+ miles on the Appalachian Trail (AT) and passed by Weverton Cliffs on our way to Harpers Ferry. You can read about our trip and see many more pictures of Weverton Cliffs here.
Summer is flying by at an incomprehensible speed. It’s surprising considering that the first 3 months of quarantine felt like they would never end. But here we are, mid-summer, and it feels like we’re already running out of time to enjoy the outdoors before winter locks us up again.
My sister just spent two weeks with us leading up to the 4th of July. Maryland was starting to go back to “normal” so we took the opportunity to do a few things over her visit. We spent a day at Rehoboth Beach eating at Kaisy’s Delights, Thrashers, Archer’s (best ice cream and lemonade), Louie’s Pizza, and Dolle’s. We also spent a few hours hanging out and swimming at the beach. Henry really loved going back and forth between the sand and the waves but since the water was cool, his hooded towel came in handy. We bought it while we were in Australia, but here’s a similar one with good reviews (affiliate link).
This week has been busy and exhausting but I wanted to share a few photos from last Saturday where we hiked a couple of the trails at the McKeldin Area of Patapsco State Park. We started on the Switchback trail from the main parking lot and once we reached the river, we followed it until we came back to the road running through the parking lots.
Although the trees were slightly past peak color, it was still incredibly beautiful. It wasn’t crowded at any point and the entire hike along the river felt peaceful.
There is a small fee to enter the McKeldin Area that varies based on the day of the week and the time of year. There are bathrooms, playgrounds, and picnic pavilions available for use and the park is also a popular destination for disc golf.
This post is part of the “Maryland’s Top Scenic Hikes” series on this blog. See the other hikes here.
This past Saturday was, yet again, another perfect day for hiking so Brady and I went down to Shenandoah National Park with my dad, brother, step-mom, and step-sister. It was a day full of crisp autumn air, colorful trees, and mountain views. I think the last time I was in Shenandoah was back when I was in middle school when I didn’t appreciate long drives so I can easily say that I appreciated this trip way more than I did back then. Adventuring with my husband is probably the biggest upgrade. ๐
We started our first hike just before 11 am with a .7 mile hike from the Lower Hawksbill Trailhead to Hawksbill Summit – which is the highest peak in the park. The hike was pretty much straight up hill from where we started but the views were worth the effort.
We haven’t been backpacking since July and the weather this past weekend was calling us. We did an out and back section hike of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. For this trip, we did an out-and-back from the Route 40 parking lot down to Rocky Run Shelter – overlapping a previous backpacking trip by about 1 mile. This means we have done 27 of the 41 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland.
