Our church holds their annual picnic in the park, Great for large groups and celebrations. Plenty of parking spaces, picnic tables and grills. Nature and green pasture at best. That we love Perry Hall as home, It has everything.
Fun lovely atmosphere, Gunpowder river running through the park. Swimming ares and great trails. Just beautiful.
It's a shoestring shaped park that has plenty of little areas that satisfy most outdoor appetites. In the summer go and find a nice spot and take your shoes off and cool your feet near a waterfall.
I go fly fishing here all the time. The river has lots of different terrain and a healthy trout populations. There are also nice hiking trails throughout the park.
Locals visit this beach because of a short drive. The sand is dirty and if you go on a weekend it is packed. Weekdays are not much better because only one of the beach areas is open for swimming even though there are four swim beaches. You will not be able to see let alone save your child if there was a water emergency. Appeals to lifeguards or rangers to open another beach or stop incoming traffic were just ignored. Save your $3 entry and drive to a real beach!
Went to Gunpowder Falls for a day trip. The hiking was awesome! The trail is not difficult and very pretty to walk on. We were able to find the swimming hole and stopped for about two hours to eat and go for a swim, which was a rare treat. A great place to go for a hike!
Gunpowder use to be a fairly beat up park., but I must say they have cleaned it up a bit. I am very glad because its a Maryland landmark!
Great for hiking. Probably one of my favorite State Parks. Lots of scenery and lots of fun. Some of the trails can be a little treacherous though, so be prepared.
Get away from the city in this pretty river side park not far from Baltimore. Easy parking on the east side of the road, then the trailhead access is on the west side, and there is a tunnel under Belair Rd./Highway 1 to get there. Easy walk through the woods.
I visited Gumpowder state park two weeks ago, specifically the Hammerman Beach area. What a hidden gem! I'm thrilled to find an actual beach with a swimming lake so close to home! This place was beautiful. Nice view, nice lake breeze, plenty of shade trees, grassy areas or beach area for laying out on. There are charcoal grills available and picnic tables. There are shower/bathroom facilities that are fairly clean and even a small restaurant. The selection at the grill was fairly minimal though, so I'd reccomend packing a lunch. While we were there they were out of a lot of stuff and only had two ice cream flavors, and very few ice cream on a stick options. They did have great snowballs though! The water was warm, a d the slight waves were plenty delightful for the little ones in our group. There were lifeguards on duty as well. Our kids enjoyed sifting the sand for cool rocks, digging holes in the sand, and building sandcastles. Bring some inner tubes so you can enjoy the deeper water and the waves. There are no trash cans so bring a bag for your own trash. The coat is $3 per person and all kids in car seats are free. There are playgrounds all around the area as well. There is a really cool recylcled tire playground just before the exit that the kiddos LOVED! They quickly began a game of hide n seek that lasted an hour! We will definitely be back again this summer and look forward to coming here for years to come creating fond memories for our family.