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Areas in Maryland

Annapolis Rock 39 / 0 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 41

Baltimore City Watershed 1 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Big Gunpowder Falls - Hereford Area 25 / 0 / 19 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Black Rock 10 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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

Carderock 52 / 1 / 117 / 24 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 143

Catoctin Mountain Park 14 / 0 / 24 / 110 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 134

Cunningham Falls State Park 11 / 0 / 75 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 143

Dan's Mountain Wildlife Management Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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

Eden Brook 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Fallston Boulder Garden 0 / 0 / 1 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Fork Run 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Fox Hill Crag 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Frederick Watershed 2 / 0 / 43 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 45

Gathland 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Great Falls - Maryland Side 70 / 0 / 74 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 77

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

Harper's Ferry 86 / 2 / 62 / 188 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 319

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

Johns Hopkins University, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

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

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

Liberty Reservoir Oakland Road 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Linganore-Bartonsville 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Little Gunpowder Boulders 4 / 0 / 8 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

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

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

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

Morgan Run NEA 0 / 0 / 8 / 69 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 77

Murray Hill Road Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Narrows aka Lover's Leap, The 82 / 0 / 60 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 140

Northwest Branch 4 / 0 / 4 / 154 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 158

Patapsco Valley State Park 15 / 6 / 44 / 65 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 114

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

Prettyboy Reservoir 5 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Raven Rock 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Rocks State Park 24 / 0 / 16 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 54

Rocky Gap State Park 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Rocky Gorge Reservoir 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Shepherdstown Crag 1 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 6

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

Sugarloaf Mountain 51 / 0 / 70 / 38 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 115

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

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

Vaso Island 2 / 3 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

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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, A-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+ 36 ● Iron Oxide Boulder Catoctin Mtn Park > … > Charcoal Exhibi… > Charcoal Exhibition B…
V3 6A 28 ● Vasectomy Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V5 6C 38 ● The Belly Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V5 6C 32 ● The Dish Boulder Cunningham Fall… > Cliff Trail Boulders
V5 6C 24 ● Nice Slot Boulder Northwest Branch > S Bank - Pipeline Area
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 50 ● Easy Layback TR Carderock > Hades Heights
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 53 ● A Flake Called Lee Trad, TR Sugarloaf Mountain > Middle Earth
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 57 ● Vertical Trad, TR Rocks SP > Breakaway Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 64 ● Seven Wishes Trad, TR Sugarloaf Mountain > Middle Earth
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 39 ● Trudie's Terror Trad, TR Carderock > Hades Heights
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 49 ● Jan's Face TR Carderock > Jungle Cliffs
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 49 ● Sterling's Crack TR Carderock > Jungle Cliffs
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 37 ● Hard Up Direct Trad 3 pitches Harper's Ferry > Maryland Height… > Sign Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 61 ● Strawberry Jam Trad Rocks SP > Pinnacle
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 59 ● Black Crack Trad, TR Annapolis Rock > S End