Race Road Wetlands - ADC 17-J8, Delorme 58-D1.
From US 29 go east on MD 100 5.8 miles to Exit 6B (US 1 North) to Elkridge. Continue 3.4 miles to the traffic light at Levering Avenue (the first signal after the railroad viaduct). Turn right on Levering one short block to Main Street. Turn left on Main for 0.1 mile to a right on Furnace Avenue; continue 0.4 mile to a right on Race Road. From this intersection, good wetland habitat will begin to appear at about 0.3 of a mile. Soft shoulders make parking inadvisable. At about 0.5 mile there is a gravel parking area on the left. Another 0.1 mile another small gravel area with room for a car. Continue past a short section where water is adjacent to the road on the left (do not park here). In another 0.2 mile on the left (south side of the road) the paved end of a driveway with two tree stumps can hold a couple of vehicles. From there it is a short walk back to the view of the water. Beyond this point, the shoulders on Race Road widen so it is easier to pull of to listen or look at the area on the left side of the road adjacent to Deep Run. There is fairly heavy truck traffic along this road so exercise caution. Race Road intersects Hanover Road. For additional habitat, turn right on Hanover and almost immediately turn left into an old driveway between two red brick pillars. A post has 6566 on it. Pull in and park. On the right along Hanover Road there is a good-sized pond filled with cattails. The old driveway you entered is blocked to vehicular traffic at the stream but you can walk across and pick up a series of ATV trails. These lead to another wetland and pond with substantial emergent vegetation.