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College Park

MD · 38.9806, -76.9369

Star-Spangled Banner Byway, George Washington Memorial Parkway and Booth's Escape are 3 of 13 signed byways within 30 miles of College Park, Maryland.

Most visitors come to College Park for the University of Maryland, and all the associated sporting events, but aviation geeks should also take notice of the Aviation Museum at America's oldest airport.
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13 scenic drives near College Park

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to College Park. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    George Washington Memorial Parkway

    All-American Road · 9 mi out

  2. 02

    Historic National Road - Maryland

    All-American Road · 24 mi out

  3. 03

    Baltimore's Historic Charles Street

    National Scenic Byway · 26 mi out

  4. 04

    Religious Freedom Byway

    National Scenic Byway · 29 mi out

  5. 05

    Star-Spangled Banner Byway

    State scenic byway · 3 mi out

  6. 06

    Booth's Escape

    State scenic byway · 9 mi out

  7. 07

    Old Georgetown Pike

    State scenic byway · 12 mi out

  8. 08

    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway

    State scenic byway · 15 mi out

  9. 09

    Roots and Tides Byway

    State scenic byway · 20 mi out

  10. 10

    National Historic Seaport

    State scenic byway · 27 mi out

  11. 11

    Falls Road

    State scenic byway · 28 mi out

  12. 12

    Antietam Campaign Byway

    State scenic byway · 29 mi out

  13. 13

    Old Main Streets

    State scenic byway · 29 mi out

Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from College Park?

Byway's engine bakes two loops from College Park: 4 h, 53 miles, 4 stops; and 8 h, 247 miles, 5 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

What is there to stop at on a day trip from College Park?

The 8 h loop stops at M60, Woodburn and Hall House - The Governor's House (First State Heritage Park), Iron Hill, Grays Hill and Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Lookouts

Named places

  • Calvert Hills Playground & Athletic Field · 0 mi
  • Fraternity and Sorority Centennial Garden · 0 mi
  • Garden of Reflection and Remembrance · 0 mi
  • Chapel Garden · 0 mi
  • Radichevich Garden · 0 mi
  • Point of Failure · 0 mi
  • Peace Garden · 0 mi
  • Woods Hall Rain Garden · 0 mi

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