2011 SCHEDULE AND DIRECTIONS

2011: All paint-outs start at 9:00AM unless otherwise noted: please check start times!

Check below for changes to the October schedule!

Friday APRIL 29: Brighton Dam Azalea Gardens
Friday MAY 6: Town of Oella
Saturday MAY 14: Brookside Gardens (9:30AM)
Saturday MAY 21: Howard County Conservancy (4:00PM)
Thursday MAY 26: Eagle Cove School (9:30AM)
Saturday, JUNE 11: Clark’s Elioak Farm
Friday JUNE 17: Ellicott City (Parking Lot D)
Friday JULY 1: Patapsco Valley Park, Daniels Area
Saturday JULY 9: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (10:00AM)
CHANGE!! Saturday JULY 23: Howard County Conservancy (coincides with the MPS Summer meeting plein air, noon to 4:00PM)
Friday JULY 29: Greenbridge
Saturday AUGUST 6: Lake Elkhorn
Friday AUGUST 12: Lake Kittamaqundi
Saturday AUGUST 20: Howard County Living Heritage Farm Museum
Friday AUGUST 26: Tridelphia Area, Tridelphia Reservoir
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 3: Brookside Gardens
Friday, SEPTEMBER 9: Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore (9:30AM)
Friday SEPTEMBER 16: Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis (9:30 AM)
Saturday SEPTEMBER 24: Patuxent Wildlife Refuge (9:30 AM)
CHANGE!! Saturday OCTOBER 1: Howard County Conservancy (Fall Fest starts at 11AM, but you can arrive at 9AM)
Friday OCTOBER 7: Patapsco Valley Park, Avalon-Orange Area
CHANGE!! Friday OCTOBER 14: Cromwell Valley State Park (9:30 AM)
CHANGE!! Saturday OCTOBER 22: Private farm location: check your email for address and directions
Friday OCTOBER 28: Scott’s Cove

DIRECTIONS FOR 2011 SCHEDULE

Brighton Dam Azalea Gardens
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 108 WEST
• Move to the right lane as you approach the intersection with Rt. 32, but do not get onto Rt. 32
• Immediately after passing the ramps to Rt. 32, go RIGHT onto Ten Oaks Rd (the right-hand lane is a right turn only lane onto Ten Oaks)
• At the fork, bear LEFT onto Brighton Dam Road; go about 3 miles
• Immediately after crossing the dam, turn LEFT into the parking lot of the Visitors’ Center

Brookside Gardens: 1800 Glenallen Ave., Wheaton, MD
• Take Route 29 SOUTH and make a RIGHT onto Fairland Ave (that’s about 16 miles south of the intersection of Route 29 and Route 40 in Ellicott City)
• Go 2.3 miles and turn RIGHT onto East Randolph Road
• Go 2.9 miles and turn LEFT onto Heurich Road
• Go 3-tenths of a mile; the Gardens are located where Heurich Rd ends at Glenallen Ave
See their site: http://www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/contact_hours_directions.shtm

Clark’s Elioak Farm: 10380 Clarksville Pike (Route 108), Ellicott City, MD
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 108 WEST
• Pass through three traffic lights: the first at Columbia Road; the second at Ten Mills Road/Centennial Park; and the third at Beaverbrook/Centennial Lane.
• The driveway entrance to Clark’s Elioak Farm is on your RIGHT; it is 1.4 miles west from the first light at Columbia Road and just one tenth a mile past the third traffic light at Beaverbrook/Centennial Lane. The entrance is marked by the mailbox with the address (10380) and by two stone pillars. Go down the driveway and park at the farm house complex.
See their site: http://www.clarklandfarm.com/DIRECTIONS%20TO%20ELIOAK.htm

Cromwell Valley Park, Willow Grove Farm
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 70 EAST towards Baltimore
• Take the Baltimore Beltway / US 695 NORTH towards Towson
• Stay on the Beltway past 795, past both the 83s, past York, Dulaney Valley, and Providence Roads, to EXIT 29 onto Cromwell Bridge Road. Turn LEFT/NORTH at the light.
There are two entrances to the Cromwell Valley Park, both on the left: PASS THE FIRST ENTRANCE (which is Sherwood Farm). Go 4 tenths of a mile further and TAKE THE SECOND ENTRANCE, also on the LEFT, which is Willow Grove Farm. Follow the driveway over the bridge to the parking lot.

Cylburn Arboretum: 4915 Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore
• Take Route 29 NORTH; stay to the RIGHT at the split for I-70 EAST and get onto I70 going EAST towards Baltimore
• Keep to the LEFT to get onto I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) NORTH towards Towson (don’t go too far left, though, or you’ll end up in the Security Park & Ride!)
• Go about 3 miles and take Exit 18A; stay to the RIGHT for Rt 26 EAST (Liberty Road)
• Go about 2 miles and take a LEFT onto Northern Parkway
• Go about 3.3 miles and take a RIGHT onto Greenspring Avenue; the entrance will be on your LEFT in about a third of a mile.
• For access to the mansion and gardens, pass the welcome center parking lots and continue up to the parking lot near the greenhouses, from where you can walk to the mansion.
See their site: http://www.cylburnassociation.org/

Eagle Cove School, 5191 Mountain Rd (MD Route 177E), Pasadena
• Take Route 100 EAST as far as you can, to the end (follow signs to Gibson Island)
• Where Route 100 EAST ends, you’ll take MD Route 177 EAST (Mountain Road) towards Gibson Island
• 1 mile after the light at Long Point Road, you’ll need to swing RIGHT to stay on MD 177E/Mountain Road
• Continue on MD 177E/Mountain Road until it ends at the causeway to Gibson Island: Eagle Cove School is the last set of buildings on the right, just before the gate at the causeway
See their site: http://www.eaglecoveschool.org/

Ellicott City, Parking Lot D
• From Columbia / Route 29, take the exit for Route 40 EAST
• At the first light, make a RIGHT onto Rogers Avenue, heading for Historic Ellicott City
• Turn RIGHT and follow the signs to stay on Rogers Ave and continue towards Main Street, Ellicott City OR keep LEFT onto Court House Drive and then keep RIGHT onto Ellicott Mills Drive
• Both Rogers Ave and Ellicott Mills Drive end at Main Street: from either road, make a LEFT onto Main Street
• The entrance to Parking Lot D (the largest of the Ellicott City parking lots) is Hamilton Street and will be on the RIGHT just after the Post Office; park in the free spaces towards the rear of the lot

Greenbridge Area, Tridelphia Reservoir
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 108 WEST
• Move to the right lane as you approach the intersection with Rt. 32, but do not get onto Rt. 32
• Immediately after passing the ramps to Rt. 32, go RIGHT onto Ten Oaks Rd (the right-hand lane is a right turn only lane onto Ten Oaks)
• At the fork, bear LEFT onto Brighton Dam Road; go about 3 miles and cross the dam
• Go another mile or so and at the traffic light, turn RIGHT onto New Hampshire / Rt 650
• After about ½ mile, turn RIGHT onto Green Bridge Road and follow it to the end at the boat launch parking lot

Howard County Conservancy: 10520 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock, MD
• Take Route 29 all the way NORTH, past all the entrance ramps to I-70, till Rt. 29 dead-ends at Old Frederick Road (Route 99)
• Turn LEFT onto Old Frederick Road/Rt 99
• Go about 3.2 miles to the entrance to the Howard County Conservancy, on the RIGHT
See their site: http://www.hcconservancy.org/directions.php

Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum: 12985 Frederick Rd, West Friendship, MD
• From Columbia / Route 29, take the exit for Route 40 WEST
• Counting the first light at St.John’s Lane, go west to the sixth traffic light and turn LEFT onto Frederick Road / Route 144 WEST (do not turn at the fifth light: it says Frederick Rd, but it puts you onto Frederick Rd heading back East)
• Go about 4.9 miles to the entrance to the Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum, on the LEFT (it’s not too far after you cross Rt 32)
See their site: http://www.farmheritage.org/

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens: 1550 Anacostia Ave NE, Washington DC
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 100 EAST
• Pass the exits for I-95 and Route 1 and then go SOUTH on Route 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway)
• Take the Eastern Avenue exit. At the top of the ramp, go STRAIGHT through the light, down the service road. Kenilworth Avenue should be on your left, and apartments on the right
• Go down two streets and make a RIGHT onto Douglas Street
• At the end of Douglas Street, make a RIGHT onto Anacostia Avenue. The park is about a block and a half up from there on the LEFT
• If you miss the exit, take the next one and take the first RIGHT. At the end of the street make another RIGHT, and continue to the park entrance
See the site: http://www.nps.gov/keaq/planyourvisit/directions.htm

Lake Elkhorn, Columbia
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Exit 18 onto Broken Land Parkway heading EAST
• Pass the first (North) Cradlerock Way and turn LEFT onto the second (SOUTH) Cradlerock Way
• Pass Broken Staff on the right and then turn RIGHT onto Dockside Lane
• Follow that to the parking lot at the Lake

Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Exit 20B towards the Town Center
• Keep LEFT to stay on Little Patuxent Parkway where it splits with Governor Warfield Parkway
• Follow Little Patuxent Parkway past Sterrett Place and Wincopin Circle; turn LEFT at the traffic light just before Little Patuxent Parkway swings to the right at the Library (there’s an entrance to Columbia Mall on your right)
• Follow that road down to the lower parking lot by the Rouse Building and next to the Lake

Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon/Orange Area
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 100 EAST
• Take Exit 6 off Rt 100 to go NORTH on Route 1
• Follow Rt. 1 North till it goes under US 895 and crosses the Patapsco River
• Then turn LEFT onto South Street (there’s a big facility on the south corner with a sign that says “Vehicles for Change”)
• Make an immediate LEFT into the Park
• Stop at the Honor System box, take an envelope, put $2 in, detach the parking permit from the top, put envelope in box, put parking permit on your rear-view mirror
• Continue about 1 mile to a stop sign at Gunn Road; go RIGHT and then RIGHT again into the Avalon Visitors’ Center parking lot

Patapsco Valley State Park, Daniels Area
• Take Route 29 all the way NORTH, past all the entrance ramps to I-70, till Rt. 29 dead-ends at Route 99/Rogers Ave
• Turn RIGHT onto Rogers Avenue
• Proceed a little over ½ mile to traffic circle; go LEFT onto Old Frederick Road (that’s ¾ of the way around the circle)
• Go about ½ mile and then turn LEFT onto Daniels Road
• Follow Daniels all the way to the end (about 1 mile) to largest parking lot on the RIGHT

Patuxent Wildlife Refuge: 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 100 EAST
• Pass the exits for I-95 and Route 1 and then go SOUTH on Route 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway)
• Follow 295 SOUTH to the exit for Powder Mill Rd: go LEFT (EAST) on Powder Mill Road
• Go 1.7 miles and turn RIGHT onto Scarlet Tanager Loop; we’ll meet in the Visitor Center parking lot (1.4 miles down the Loop)
See their site: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/patuxent/VClocation.html

Quiet Waters Park: 600 Quiet Waters Park Road, Annapolis
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 100 EAST
• Go 13.5 miles and take Exit 13A for Route 97 SOUTH, towards Annapolis/Bay Bridge
• Go 13.8 miles: keep LEFT to take the US-50 EAST / US-301 NORTH exit towards Annapolis/Bay Bridge
• In one half mile take the MD-665 exit towards Aris Allen Blvd / Riva Rd
• Stay to the RIGHT to take MD-665 SOUTH at exit 22 toward Riva Rd
• Go 2.7 miles and keep STRAIGHT onto Forest Drive
• Go 2.3 miles and turn RIGHT onto Hillsmere Drive
• Make an immediate RIGHT onto Quiet Waters Park Rd – the park is about a third of a mile ahead ($6 entrance fee)
See the site at : http://www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org/map.html

Scott’s Cove, Rocky Gorge Reservoir
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 216 EAST towards Laurel
• Go RIGHT onto Crest Road
• Go LEFT onto Scaggsville Road
• Go RIGHT onto Pineway Road
• Go RIGHT onto Harding Road
• Parking lot is on the LEFT

Town of Oella: 425 Oella Ave., Catonsville, MD
(These directions will take you a longer way, but it’s less confusing)
• From Columbia / Route 29, take the exit for Route 40 EAST
• At the first light, make a RIGHT onto Rogers Avenue, heading for Historic Ellicott City
• Turn RIGHT and follow the signs to stay on Rogers Ave and continue towards Main Street, Ellicott City
• Rogers Ave ends at Main Street: make a LEFT onto Main Street
• Follow Main Street going EAST through downtown Ellicott City
• As soon as you cross the Patapsco River, you’ll pass Oella Ave on the left and then make the immediate LEFT onto Westchester Ave
• Follow Westchester until it intersects with Oella; at that intersection is the Country Corner Store; park in the lot next to the store
See their site: http://catonsville.exploremd.us/oella/business/country_corner_store/

Tridelphia Area, Tridelphia Reservoir
• From Columbia / Route 29, take Route 108 WEST
• Move to the right lane as you approach the intersection with Rt. 32, but do not get onto Rt. 32
• Immediately after passing the ramps to Rt. 32, go RIGHT onto Ten Oaks Rd (the right-hand lane is a right turn only lane onto Ten Oaks)
• At the fork, bear LEFT onto Brighton Dam Road; go about 3 miles and cross the dam
• Go another mile or so and at the traffic light, turn RIGHT onto New Hampshire / Rt 650
• Pass the turn for Green Bridge Road and swing LEFT to continue on Rt 650 for another 2 and ½ miles or so
• Turn RIGHT onto Georgia / Rt 97 NORTH
• After about ½ mile, turn RIGHT onto Tridelphia Lake Road (there’s a small brown sign at the turn that says “Tridelphia Rec. Area”)
• Follow that to its end at the boat launch parking lot