Trolley Line Number Nine Trail - 3 miles
Here’s my entry in @jumowa’s Weekly Run for Steem Challenge for Jan 15th - Jan 22nd. My run today was along the Trolley Line Number Nine Trail. It starts in historic Old Ellicott City, Maryland and and heads up to Oella, Maryland. And I mean up literally. It’s only a 3 mile out and back trail, but the out is 1.5 miles uphill.
To get to the trailhead, you turn off of Old Frederick Road onto Oella Avenue at the appropriately named Trolley Stop Cafe. There’s a parking lot to the left of the cafe and the trail starts between the lot and the cafe. The photo below was taken from the start of the trail.
Below is an elevation chart of the run. You will gradually pick up about 290 feet of ascent on the way up.
The sign says 1.1 miles to Oella, but the trail crosses Oella and continues another 0.4 miles.
After you pass the sign, you’ll run on a boardwalk trail through a small gorge carved out of the rock so that the trolley could get down to the river.
On the way up, you’ll pass by the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum.
For the first half of the uphill, you’ll run along a scenic little stream. Today it was a series of little frozen waterfalls.
The trail ends in a neighborhood at a large gate. At that point it’s time to turn around and enjoy the mile and a half of downhill running.
Thanks again to @jumowa for sponsoring this challenge.
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