Today’s new circuit is a hybrid of a loop and an out-and-back setup, totalling just over 6.2 miles. Within that distance, you’ll see one of Baltimore’s wealthiest neigborhoods, as well as one of its most blighted. The transition between the two is fascinating in itself, as you go from East Baltimore to Charles Village and back (or vice versa).
That statement is not meant to knock the East-Baltimore/Waverly neighborhoods. The spreading wealth of the Station North redevelopment will hopefully soon start making good on some of the promise this area holds. While that transition is in progress, however, you’ll probably want to take this route on a summer morning with a friend — not alone at night. (That, of course, is decent advice for any recreational run or walk, if possible.)
There are beautiful endpoints on this course, with a lot of pretty blocks along the way. Assuming you aren’t dying to clock some sort of super-metronomic 10K PR, the scenery is well worth the time you’ll put into hopping up and down at traffic lights. Check out the map. As always, you can find a bunch of other posts with mapped runs/walks/bikes in the Baltimore area here.
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Of note: This is a good route for runners and walkers, but you’ll find few bike lanes through most of it. This is a disappointment, as the area is in fairly direct proximity to several universities (Loyola/ND, Johns Hopkins and Morgan State are closest). That said, this loop is served by the route 61 and 13 buses, which should theoretically have bike racks now. That could at least make it easier if this area is part of a longer bike trip.
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