Plan to start your ride @ the Park & Ride several miles up the trail to avoid the long uphill road from the suggested Boulter's lot to the trail. We rode our loop from the P&R, south to the trail start, then back past our start to the end @ Glen Burnie & back to the Park & Ride lot - roughly 26 miles
Nice, easy trail. Does get a little tight in some places with a lot of people but that is with any trail. Very good maintance of the trail.Went off trail and into Annapolis for lunch. Great day all around!
I love this trail for biking. Mostly wooded but does come in and out of some development. People are all there for the same reason to enjoy the outdoors. Accordingly they are very friendly. Come and experience nature
This is a flat straight trail. You are not going to get lost. The best place to park is behind the Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie. The path South is much nicer than going North. If you want to see a video of the trail, I have one on my blog.http://smarttraveller2.blogspot.com/2014/03/bike-trails-baltimoreannapolisdc.html
Nice place for a stroll or a bike ride, especially if you live in the Severna Park or Arnold area and just want to get out for a little outdoors exercise.
We were visiting Annapolis and decided to take our bikes and ride the B&A trail. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon with plenty of people using the B&A trail. The trail is 13+ miles long, 8ft. wide paved surface and takes you through residential areas as well as wooded areas. The trail is fairly flat, straight which connects Annapolis MD to Glen Bernie. Yesterday there were a lot of bicycles, fair number of runners and walkers. We didn't stop for a rest, but there is places along the trail to stop and grap a bite.
My husband and I went for a jog here with our dog. We did the part of the trail that is near Severna Park. It was very nice. I enjoyed the scenery and random gardens scattered along the trail. A few times I felt like I was in another country, by the way the trees and bamboo made it feel like a jungle.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon there were plenty of people using the trail but not so many that you couldn't enjoy your ride. Rode about 10 miles of the trail that took you through residential areas as well as wooded areas. One section had a few hills but for the most part the trail is fairly flat. Unlike many other trails, this one had a ranger station at about the mid-point with bathrooms and available water.
this trail can be crowed and crosses busy streets making for cautious cycling ...best used during off peak times...also safety can be an issue on the most northern parts of the trail beyond severna park
Maybe it was just too hot on the day I biked this trail, but it was long. Went the entire distance of the trail and back starting in Annapolis. Not much to see but the backs of some homes and kazoo. The closer we got to BTI the happier I was knowing my husband was went me, otherwise I would have felt safer "packing" Some "sketchy" characters on the trail. Would not recommend biking or walking this trail alone, outside of the Annapolis area. Be very careful at the crosswalks because the cars will not stop.