Camden Yards is a great quirky park, but it may be the last of its kind. Newer knock-offs tend to surround themselves with a sea of parking lots, making the design look contrived and kind of phony. Read more.
Walk up to the Pagoda and fountain. It's my favorite spot in the park and has a great view of East Baltimore. In the summer you can go up in the Pagoda, it's a great view of all of Baltimore.
Voted 2nd Best Park, 2nd Best Place to go Biking and 2nd Best Place to go Running by City Paper Readers for Best of Baltimore 2011
The park includes the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens, a disc-golf course and other hidden treasures to discover. Read more: http://bit.ly/QFhFXs
Voted Best Big Park by City Paper Readers for Best of Baltimore 2012 Read more.
Check out WTMD's First Thursday Concerts in the Park during the summer months [May-October]. Free music [both local and national], good people, beer, and food. Read more.
The Pagoda, originally known as the Observatory, was designed in 1890 by Charles H. Latrobe, then Superintendent of Parks.
I had a nice time talking to fellow walkers and park rangers. Walked twice around in forty five minutes. Disabled Americans can visit park for free.
FREE! Cylburn Arboretum is a nature preserve and city park spanning about 207 acres. Explore trails that wind through the woodlands, where you can discover rare trees, native plants and wildflowers.