Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Baltimore-Washington Parkway is part of National Capital Parks-East, a unit of the National Park System. It is not counted as a unit of its own.
This 29-mile highway connects Baltimore, MD and Washington, D.C. The parkway has carried visitors to and from the capital city since 1954.
About under an hour from Baltimore and under an hour from Washington by car.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Hours
| Baltimore-Washington Parkway | Daily · All Day |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Things to do
- Junior Ranger Programs at National Capital Parks - East30-90 Minutes
Become a Junior Ranger at parks across National Capital Parks – East! Explore, complete a booklet, and earn badges and certificates along the way!
Opens on the Park Service site - Collect all the National Capital Parks - East Passport Stamps5-10 Minutes
Start your stamp collection and celebrate every park you visit! Explore historic sites and scenic parks managed by National Capital Parks - East and collect a unique stamp at each one.
Opens on the Park Service site
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
Guidebooks for the Mid-Atlantic
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Reference
Wildlife
Seen this monthRed Fox 120× · Bald Eagle 18× · Belted Kingfisher 7× · Peregrine Falcon 7× · Barred Owl 3× · Trumpeter Swan 2×Research-grade observations within 25 km, last 30 days, via iNaturalist
Full checklist: 127 birds, 0 mammalsHide
Raptors & owlsHen Harrier · american kestrel · barred owl · broad-winged hawk · cooper's hawk · great horned owl · osprey · red-shouldered hawk · red-tailed hawk · sharp-shinned hawk · turkey vulture
Waterfowl & waderscanada goose · great blue heron · wood duck
Shorebirds & seabirdsgreat black-backed gull · herring gull · killdeer · ring-billed gull · solitary sandpiper
Gamebirds & dovesmourning dove · rock dove
Woodpeckersdowny woodpecker · hairy woodpecker · northern flicker · pileated woodpecker · red-bellied woodpecker · yellow-bellied sapsucker
Hummingbirds & swiftschimney swift · ruby-throated hummingbird
Also on the checklistFox Sparrow · No common name · acadian flycatcher · american crow · american goldfinch · american redstart · american robin · barn swallow · bay-breasted warbler · belted kingfisher · black-and-white warbler · black-throated blue warbler · black-throated green warbler · blackburnian warbler · blackpoll warbler · blue grosbeak · blue jay · blue-gray gnatcatcher · blue-winged warbler · brown creeper · brown thrasher · brown-headed cowbird · canada warbler · cape may warbler · carolina wren · cedar waxwing · chestnut-sided warbler · chipping sparrow · common grackle · common nighthawk · common yellowthroat · connecticut warbler · dark-eyed junco · eastern bluebird · eastern kingbird · eastern phoebe · eastern wood-pewee · european starling · field sparrow · fish crow · golden-crowned kinglet · golden-winged warbler · gray catbird · gray-cheeked thrush · great crested flycatcher · hermit thrush · hooded warbler · house finch · house sparrow · house wren · indigo bunting · kentucky warbler · louisiana waterthrush · magnolia warbler · mallard · mourning warbler · nashville warbler · northern cardinal · northern mockingbird · northern oriole · northern parula · northern rough-winged swallow · northern waterthrush · orchard oriole · ovenbird · palm warbler · philadelphia vireo · pine warbler · prairie warbler · prothonotary warbler · purple finch · purple martin · red-breasted nuthatch · red-eyed vireo · red-winged blackbird · rose-breasted grosbeak · ruby-crowned kinglet · rufous-sided towhee · rusty blackbird · scarlet tanager · solitary vireo · song sparrow · swainson's thrush · swamp sparrow · tennessee warbler · tree swallow · veery · warbling vireo · white-breasted nuthatch · white-eyed vireo · white-throated sparrow · winter wren · wood thrush · worm-eating warbler · yellow warbler · yellow-billed cuckoo · yellow-rumped warbler · yellow-throated vireo
Activities
Questions people ask
Does Baltimore-Washington charge an entrance fee?
No. Baltimore-Washington is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Baltimore-Washington open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
When was Baltimore-Washington established?
1942.
Source: Wikipedia
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- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
