{"id":5350,"date":"2021-02-02T22:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=5350"},"modified":"2021-07-22T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T01:54:28","slug":"20210202patapsco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/02\/20210202patapsco\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Hiking to Cascade Falls, Patapsco Valley State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow seemed to frequent mid-Atlantic region a lot more often for the winter of 2020-21. After some snowfall early February, I was again allured by nature covered in white. This time, I headed for Patapsco Valley State Park outside Baltimore.<\/p>\n

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<\/br>Cascade Falls<\/p><\/div>\n

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Patapsco Valley State Park had many regions that were detached from each other. For today, I visited its most popular Avalon region. I intended to hike the most popular trail of the park, Cascade Falls Trail, thinking the waterfall would look stunning when decorated by white snow.
\nIn winter months the park charged $2\/4 per vehicle (in-state \/ out-of-state) as entrance fee. An honor system was in effect at the Avalon entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the park would occasionally close due to inclement weather, the workers did a great job at snow removal and kept it open. Unfortunately, while normally one could drive all the way to Orange Grove \/ Swinging Bridge, which was right below Cascade Falls, the road was closed during my visit, so I had to park farther away at the picnic ground.<\/p>\n

Here’s GPS tracking:
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