{"id":297,"date":"2022-01-03T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2025-09-08T20:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:31:47","slug":"trails","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/?page_id=297","title":{"rendered":"-Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MHCA TRAILS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Geiger-Road-Parking-Area-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"The parking area on Geiger Road\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geiger Road Parking Area &amp; Trail Head<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One parking area is on Geiger Rd. is also the main entrance to Monocacy Hill trails.&nbsp; Entering through the gate you will come upon a bulletin board that holds a trail map and other information about the current status of trails.&nbsp; There is a holder for trail maps as well.&nbsp; To the right is a picnic area&nbsp; for hikers to enjoy.&nbsp; Charcoal grills are also provided for use unless there are fire\/burning restrictions in effect (notices will be posted!).&nbsp; Proceeding on past the bulletin board, there are primitive bathroom facilities on the left (no running water).&nbsp; Going straight ahead on the main trail&nbsp; will lead to all of the trails shown on the maps below.&nbsp; Before looking over the maps, please enjoy the 10 minute video showing all MHRA trails, COURTESY OF Trailsage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is now a new parking lot at the back edge of Monocacy Hill which you can access from the bottom of Hill Road.&nbsp; Follow the trail from the parking lot to Creek Trail to join with the other trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-medium wp-image-2810\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"http:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MonocacyHillTrailMap_withMarkersNewPL-300x234.png\" alt=\"Monocacy Hill Trail Map with new parking lot\" class=\"wp-image-2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MonocacyHillTrailMap_withMarkersNewPL-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MonocacyHillTrailMap_withMarkersNewPL-1024x799.png 1024w, https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MonocacyHillTrailMap_withMarkersNewPL-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MonocacyHillTrailMap_withMarkersNewPL.png 1056w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monocacy Hill Trail Map updated February 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCheck out the Trail Run Video:\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_SDXHMUTF8?si=uI5iRuvuMmuhk-IU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MHCA TRAILS Geiger Road Parking Area &amp; Trail Head One parking area is on Geiger Rd. is also the main entrance to Monocacy Hill trails.&nbsp; Entering through the gate you will come upon a bulletin board that holds a trail map and other information about the current status of trails.&nbsp; There is a holder for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2856,"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions\/2856"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}