Park at the Woodstock Inn and you have trails in both directions on both sides of the Patapsco River, with a beer and a good burger waiting when you get back to your car. It's only about 15 minutes from the beltway and you have over 100 miles of trails to choose from. You can walk from there up to Liberty Dam or all the way down to old Ellicott City.

Oregon ridge and then you can go to BC Brewery afterwards. Up and down hill and some water crossings.

Patapsco State Park in Elkridge, Guinness Brewery afterwards.

Harper’s Ferry, WV for hiking and then stop by Frederick, MD on the way back to check out one of many awesome breweries downtown. One of my favorite day trips!

This is a nice park w/ hiking trails, less than an hour away: https://montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/rachel-carson-conservation-park/rachel-carson-conservation-park-trails/?_ga=2.33683297.1331606013.1667232638-2070754999.1667232638&_gl=1*18bsin3*_ga*MjA3MDc1NDk5OS4xNjY3MjMyNjM4*_ga_4TTHYBYKK7*MTY2NzIzMjYzOC4xLjAuMTY2NzIzMjYzOC4wLjAuMA..

There is a brewery right next to it. Can't vouch for the brewery, as I haven't tried it, but your post immediately made this park/brewery combo come to mind: https://www.elderpine.com/home

It’s a little more than an hour, but Catoctin park has great hiking. You can stop in Frederick afterwards for food and drinks.

Where them in your everyday.. If not, the Little Gun Powder up in Hereford, where it comes out of PrettyBoy damn has a great multi-terrain hike.

I love the Sweet Air Area up in Baldwin - some of my favorite trails. You can hit Inverness afterwards, it’s about a 10min drive from the Sweet Air parking lot.

Patapsco Avalon then Guiness. Gunpowder Gorge off Falls Rd.north of the city then a brewery in Timonium.

I always use the whitewater map to direct people there

Soldiers Delight, then Farmacy Brewing. I'm not a huge fan of their beer. YMMV.

Loch Raven, then Inverness Brewing.

Pretty Boy Reservoir, then Big Truck Brewing. I am a big fan of this beer.

Catoctin is pretty good

This cannot be overstated! Patapsco is amazing, so many great 2-4 hour hikes. I typically use AllTrails.

So so many great hikes near Baltimore and now is the perfect time of year, with all the beautiful foliage and temperate weather. Download AllTrails app and filter by length, distance from you etc. There’s hundreds of options.

Rock state park

Oregon Ridge is a great hike.

This is the correct answer. Depending on where you live in the city, then it is like a 20-30 min drive, and like stated above Guinness is less than 1/4 mile from one of the main entrances to this park.

Plenty of great hiking in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park - quiet trails in the middle of true old growth. If that’s what you’re looking for, hike the Lazear trail.

https://friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/resources/Documents/GwynnsFallsLeakinParkTrailMap.pdf

Billy Goat Trail, Great Falls State Park. Part C I think. Close to DC but the best trail I found in MD. Sugarloaf, Harpers Ferry, and the AT near Annapolis Rocks are also great.

PATAPSCO close and great for leap peeping: https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/maryland/patapsco-valley-state-park-avalon-area

Alternatively the various GUNPOWDER locations N of Bmore.

What kind o boots?

you stole my post.. or I stole yers? ;)

Right answer for sure.

didn't know about Inverness, good tip :)

While you're in Harper's Ferry check out Harpers Ferry Brewing - the beers were good and they had a bunch of food trucks and live music last time I was there

it is greet, but to me, the D.C./VA area is the opposite of Bmore.

Cromwell Valley then drinks at McFauls. Really varied hiking in the park and it connects into Loch Raven so it’s quite large. Barrans Baldwin trail if you are up for a little challenge

Patapsco x Guiness

Ma and Pa Trail (lots of openings) and down the road from Independent Brewery. It's also close to a bakery called Newberry that has fantastic cronuts.

Rockburn Landing is also a great trailhead going into Patapsco

If heading back to the city afterwards, Heavy Seas is 2 miles past Guinness towards the city.

Does a train still get you out there from the city?

From DC, but not baltimore. That's the brunswick line (technically amtrak goes there too, but also only from DC)

And excellent paw-paws

If you’re wanting a hike with post hike libations you could do rock creek park in DC

They said within an hour or so of the city, so Great Falls State Park qualifies. I have hiked all over the state and it’s so good it would be a shame to not mention it.

NW branch trail in Silver Spring is majorly underrated. Denizens brewing is not too far from there

I’d bet there are trails near Big Truck Brewery. Aside from the hike and bike trail.

Pretty Boy Reservoir has plenty of good hiking trails. There are good ones along the Gunpowder River below the dam. Big Truck Brewery is a great spot nearby.

Way less fun and less delicious than Guinness brewery though. Used to work there years ago - never worked anywhere else that had such universally miserable employees