Show your support for sustainable trail building in Garrett County, MD!
We are a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to the development of a well used network of high-quality, sustainable trails that provide access to Garrett County’s historic, municipal, and environmental treasures. Garrett Trails believes outstanding trails are important to the economic development of the County and will promote good health and well being for County residents.
After cancelling our two main fundraisers, the Taste of Garrett in May and the Garrett County Gran Fondo in June, we have focused all of our efforts on preparing for 2021 and showing you why we are worthy of your support.
We are a small organization with a big impact, and through our partnerships the effects of our efforts spread through the community exponentially. Thank you for becoming one of those partners!
After cancelling our two main fundraisers, the Taste of Garrett in May and the Garrett County Gran Fondo in June, we have focused all of our efforts on preparing for 2021 and showing you why we are worthy of your support.
- Over 7 new grant requests were submitted this year, including asks for new trail construction in 2021, and funds to start the Garrett Trails Adaptive Recreation Program (GTARP). We just received notification of award for new trail construction, so keep an eye out for that announcement before Christmas! If awarded, the Adaptive Rec program would provide two all-terrain wheelchairs for free use on suitable trails including local town trails, the GAP and the Meadow Mountain Trail. We are excited to learn more about the adaptive communities perspective on hiking and biking, and will pursue funding and partnerships that make our trails more robust and inclusive!
- We partnered with the MD Department of Transportation, MD Department of Natural Resources and the Garrett County Board of Commissioners to see the newest section of the Meadow Mountain Trail (MMT), graded and capped with gravel, from Otto Lane to New Germany Road. That section of the MMT is also part of the developing Eastern Continental Divide Loop (ECDL), a 150 mile forest, road and water trail connecting Garrett County to the Great Allegheny Passage.
- Annual trail maintenance at the Honorable Paul Sarbanes Trail, Fork Run Recreation Area, Meadow Mountain Trail and Visitors Center Trail continued with the help of our outstanding volunteers. We went out and mowed, weed eated, cut back multiflora rose and made small repairs to bridges, as well as installed five gates on the perimeter of Fork Run to permanently end UTV trespassing.
- The North Loop (2 miles), of the Margraff Trail System was flagged, cut back and reopened for your enjoyment, with plans to work on the South Loop in FY21, 22.
We are a small organization with a big impact, and through our partnerships the effects of our efforts spread through the community exponentially. Thank you for becoming one of those partners!
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