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Areas in Maryland

Annapolis Rock 41 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43

Baltimore City Watershed 1 / 0 / 10 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Bikeside Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Black Rock 15 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Buckeye Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Camp Lewis / Lewis Rocks 14 / 0 / 13 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 15

Carderock 53 / 1 / 119 / 24 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 145

Catoctin Mountain Park 17 / 0 / 25 / 147 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 174

Croydon Creek Area, The 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Cumberland Narrows aka Lover's Leap 82 / 0 / 77 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 157

Cunningham Falls State Park 21 / 0 / 112 / 76 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 189

Dan's Mountain Wildlife Management Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Dr. Jack Gorge 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Eden Brook 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Fallston Boulder Garden 0 / 0 / 1 / 60 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 61

Ferry Hill 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 6

Fork Run 1 / 11 / 7 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Fox Hill Crag 0 / 0 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Frederick Watershed 3 / 0 / 48 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 50

Great Falls - Maryland Side 70 / 0 / 74 / 9 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 84

Gunpowder Falls - Hereford Area 27 / 0 / 23 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 50

Gunpowder Falls Bouldering Area, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 112 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 112

Hancock Aqueducts 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Harper's Ferry 88 / 3 / 66 / 188 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 322

Herring Run 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

High Ridge Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Johns Hopkins University, The 0 / 0 / 2 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Kings Contrivance 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Lake Roland 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Leakin Park 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Liberty Reservoir Oakland Road 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Linganore-Bartonsville 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Little Falls Branch 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Little Gunpowder Boulders 4 / 0 / 8 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Locust Grove 13 / 9 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Loyola University 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mason-Dixon Arch 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Morgan Run NEA 0 / 0 / 8 / 74 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 82

Murray Hill Road Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

NCR Trail Parkton 7 / 0 / 6 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Northwest Branch 4 / 0 / 4 / 248 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 252

Offutt Island 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Patapsco Valley State Park 19 / 6 / 60 / 124 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 191

Pirate Poverty 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Port Deposit 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Prettyboy Reservoir 19 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Pumphouse, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rachel Carson Conservation Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Raven Rock 4 / 0 / 4 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Rio 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rock Church 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Rock Maze (Oakland) Boulder Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Rocks State Park 32 / 0 / 19 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 69

Rocky Gap State Park 0 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Rocky Gorge Reservoir (T. Howard Duckett Reservoir) 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Shepherdstown Pillars 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Solar Walk 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sugarloaf Mountain 69 / 0 / 105 / 43 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 155

Swallow Falls 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

swamps, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Turkey Island 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Vaso Island 7 / 4 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 21

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Description

From the Chesapeake Bay to the hills beyond Hagerstown there is climbing to be found in Maryland, although most of the climbing can be found in central Maryland.

Rock State Park, Carderock, Annapolis Rock, and other various climbing locations are generally small, short but have beautiful setting and fun moves. Finding a local that knows where the classics are is definitely the crux of Maryland climbing.

Indoors gyms are extremely common, generally huge, and well-kept.

Getting There

From the west, take Interstate 70 to Harpers Ferry, one of the better places in Maryland to climb trad.

From the south, near D.C and Annapolis, you can find Annopolis Rock which is high quality and Carderock and Great Falls. This side has some of the better climbing in Maryland around the area.

From the north or east, Rock State Park is the best place to check out off 924.

Guidebooks

Eric Horst's Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland does the best job of getting you from area to area and helping you to find the routes.

Tim Toula's aging Rock and Road does a decent job giving you an idea of what to expect out of Maryland climbing

Climb Maryland! by Mark "Indy" Kochte is out of print, but copies can be found and are a valuable guide to the state's climbing opportunities.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Maryland

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V2 5+ 23 ● Secondhand Smoke Boulder Sugarloaf Mountain > W View Parking Lot Bo…
V2 5+ 58 ● Iron Oxide Boulder Catoctin Mtn Park > … > Charcoal Exhibi… > Charcoal Exhibition B…
V3 6A 12 ● Dirty Hooker Boulder Harper's Ferry > Balcony Rock Boulders
V3 6A 40 ● Vasectomy Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V5 6C 65 ● The Belly Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V5 6C 45 ● Neon Pit Stain Boulder Catoctin Mtn Park > Gateway Trail Boulders
V5 6C 46 ● Nice Slot Boulder Northwest Branch > S Bank - Pipeli… > Nice Slot
V5 6C 19 ● Anklebiter Far Left Boulder Northwest Branch > N Bank - Anklebiter B…
V6 7A R 25 ● Walk Into The Sky Boulder Catoctin Mtn Park > Gateway Trail Boulders
V6 7A 13 ● Danatron Boulder Patapsco Valley SP > Woodstock Rock
V6-7 7A+ 22 ● The Guillotine Boulder Patapsco Valley SP > Levitation Boul… > Jam Boulder
V7- 7A+ 28 ● Baron Harkonnen Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V7- 7A+ 20 ● Ole Muddy Jugs Boulder Northwest Branch > S Bank - Pipeli… > Muddy Jugs
V7 7A+ 13 ● Next Gen Boulder Catoctin Mtn Park > Blue Ridge Summit/Hog…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 78 ● Black Crack Trad, TR Annapolis Rock > S End