= Stops. = Restrooms

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1 = Stops = Restrooms Restrooms are located near the Lake Elkhorn pavilion

2 Safety Tips 1.Be courteous. 2.Travel at a safe speed. 3.Use your bell or announce: passing on your left. 4.Remember there are people behind you. Signal and move off the path when you stop. 5.Follow the directions of the volunteers throughout the route. 6.Obey traffic signals and look both ways before crossing or entering a street. 7.Keep your eyes on the path. There are some cracks, bumps and sharp turns. THANK YOU!!! Columbia Association Open Space, Columbia Amateur Radio Association, Princeton Sports, the Howard County Police Department, Giant, Whole Foods and ALL of the BikeAbout volunteers for helping to make this ride informative, safe and fun!

3 Route Start at the dock at Lake Elkhorn. Head counterclockwise around the lake toward the pavilion and continue around the lake until you reach the path near the tip of the lake, then head toward Oakland Mills Road. Stop at Christ Church Mile 1.7. Continue on sidewalk to underpass to cross Oakland Mills Road. (Caution: sharp left turn.) Continue on path about 1 mile. Stop at Power lines Mile 2.9. Continue to follow path using underpass at Route 175 and continue to follow the path along the creek, following signs to Route 108. Use underpass at Tamar Drive. Stop at Jackson Pond, Tot Lot LR06. Mile 4.4. Continue on path, following arrows, cross Blade Green Lane, and then take the path to Tot Lot LR03. Turn left to Phelps Luck Drive. Take Billow Row to Summer Hollow Lane to Broken Timber Way and pick up the pathway. Mile 5.8. Continue on path, passing Soaring Hill and Hound Hill Court. Stop at Street names Tot Lot OM06. Mile 6.3. Continue on path, crossing Bluecoat Lane, using underpasses at Route 175, Thunder Hill Road and at White Acre Road. Stop at Cooke Cemetery. Mile 7.7. Continue on path to Stevens Forest Road. Turn left and follow the road. Turn left at path between Stevens Forest Elementary School and Stevens Forest Pool. Follow path, crossing Farewell Road and Windharp Way. Stop at Renew. Rehab. Replace. Tot Lot OB02. Mile 9.3. Continue on path, following signs to Lake Elkhorn. Cross Cradlerock Way and continue on path behind Cradlerock Elementary/Elkhorn Middle to Owen Brown Village Center. Turn left into parking lot toward Avis Car Rental and Sonoma s to underpass to return to Lake Elkhorn. Mile 1. BikeAb ut DISCOVER TRAILS AND TREASURES

4 September 23, 2017 Christ Church Worshippers have been coming to the site of Christ Church since The original structure was a log chapel of ease of St. Anne s Church, Annapolis, which was replaced in 1811 by the Old Brick. In 2011, the church celebrated its 200th anniversary with completed renovations to the Old Brick that included restoration of the church bell and other improvements, bringing Old Brick closer to its historic appearance. Christ Church was the first local congregation to approve the proposal for the Columbia Cooperative Ministry. Power lines Starting in the mid-1960s, utility companies came under fire for the increasing occurrence of blackouts or brownouts. In 1965, a blackout affected the Northeast states and into Ontario, Canada. The timing and proximity of this blackout may have influenced the decision to have the majority of Columbia s power lines buried underground, eliminating to the maximum extent possible the need for poles along roads and highways. Jackson Pond Jackson Pond was originally named Hittman Pond. Hittman Associates was authorized by the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and the Office of Water Resources Research to carry out programs to study the feasibility of small storage reservoirs throughout an urban community as a means of stormwater management control. The management of stormwater that began with the Hittman project is as important today as it was 50 years ago. Jackson Pond is in the Patuxent River Watershed. What happens at the pond influences what happens in the Chesapeake Bay. Street names April Wind Circle is a relatively new street name, resolving a controversial issue that had long dogged the residents of Coon Hunt Court. In 1969, some original residents felt that the name was in poor taste and inquired if anything could be done about it. The Rouse Company initiated a process to change the name, but it is a mystery why a name change never occurred at that time. In 2012, the issue came up again, this time resulting in the name being changed. In keeping with the theme of Thunder Hill street names, April Wind is the title of an Andrew Wyeth painting. Cooke Cemetery George Cooke and some of his family members are buried in this small graveyard linking the area s agrarian history to modern day Columbia. George Cooke farmed 500 acres and kept a diary of daily activities from The diary is considered to be one of the most complete surviving personal records of an antebellum Maryland planter, according to the National Agricultural Library located in Beltsville, Maryland. Renew. Rehab. Replace. In 2016, the neighborhood enhancement advisory committee in Oakland Mills initiated a series of workshops for homeowners to provide design options for home renovations. Titled Renew. Rehab. Replace., they focus on updating aging homes to modernize exterior aesthetics, address aging-in-place concerns, and offer new thoughts on lawns and gardens. Mid-century modern homes can be made new again with large and small renovation projects. Lake Elkhorn Lake Elkhorn was designed to provide stormwater management for the 3.8 square mile watershed of the Elkhorn Branch of the Little Patuxent River. Careful consideration was made so that the lake and its components would blend into the existing landscape, and the surrounding wooded areas would be preserved as much as possible. The lake was created by building an earth-filled dam, a concrete spillway, a holding pond and a silt pond. Efforts continue to mitigate runoff and manage stormwater. Columbia Association appreciates the support of BikeAbout participants BikeAb ut DISCOVER TRAILS AND TREASURES

5 Columbia Bike About 2017

6 Columbia Bike About 2017 Start of route Take Path Around Lake Elkhorn Counter Clockwise Keep L to stay on Lake Elkhorn Loop Slight L to stay on Lake Elkhorn Loop Keep L to stay on Lake Elkhorn Loop 0.9 L to stay on Lake Elkhorn Loop 1.1 Slight R at End of Lake 1.3 Bear L at Fork toward bridge Fairly steep short hill to Oakland Mills Rd 1.7 Stop At Christ Church 1.7 L onto Sidewalk at Oakland Mills Rd 1.9 Cross Downdale Pl 2.0 Sharp L onto onto path Elkhorn Branch Trail 2.0 Pedestrian tunnel Follow Signs to Rt Stop at Power Lines 3.0 Straight across Tamar 1.3 miles. +44/-33 feet 1.7 miles. +46/-71 feet 3.2 Cross Old Montgomery Rd continue on Elkhorn 3.5 Continue on Path along creek, signs to Rt Tunnel under Rt Continue to follow creek 4.0 Continue straight along creek 4.1 R to stay on Elkhorn 4.2 Tunnel Under Tamar Dr. 4.4 Stop at Tot Lot 4.4 R to stay on Elkhorn 4.5 R 4.7 L to stay on Elkhorn 4.8 L at Sign to Blade Green Ln 4.8 L 4.9 Cross Blade Green Ln 5.1 L by Tot Lot 5.3 L Phelps Luck Dr 5.4 R onto Billow Row 5.6 R onto Summer Hollow Ln 1.4 miles. +64/-6 feet 1.2 miles. +50/-55 feet

7 5.7 L onto Broken Timber Way 5.8 L onto Path at end of Split Rail Fence 5.9 L before Thunder Hill Rd Toward Large Bridge, 6.2 Cross End of Soaring Hill Rd 6.3 Stop at Tot Lot 6.4 R toward Bridge 6.6 Cross Blue Coat Ln 6.6 Tunnel under Rt Slight R Toward Tunnel Under Thunder Hill Rd 7.0 R Cross Creek 1.4 miles. +69/-110 feet 7.3 L at Fork 7.5 R 7.7 Tunnel Under White Acre Rd 7.7 Stop at Cooke Cemetery 8.0 At Stevens Forest Rd 8.6 L toward Stevens Forest Pool L Path 8.6 L on path 8.7 R 8.9 Follow path along creek 9.1 Cross Farewell Rd 2.1 miles. +98/-78 feet 9.2 L past bridge 9.2 Cross Cross Windharp Way 9.3 Stop at Tot Lot 9.3 Follow signs to Lake Elkhorn 9.4 R at fork 9.5 L at Youngheart Ln and cross Cradlerock Way 9.5 Path Past Owen Brown Community Center 9.7 R on Path towards School 9.8 Slight R 9.9 Straight behind school 1 Slight L to stay on path toward lake Elkhorn 1 Into parking lot ride toward Avis Car Rental 1 Onto Path towards Sonoma's Bar & Grill 1 Slight L towards Tunnel Under Cradlerock Way 1 R onto Lake Elkhorn Loop 1 End of route 0.6 miles. +43/-13 feet 0.6 miles. +2/-61 feet