Top 10 Outdoor Activities in Baltimore
Whatever your inner outdoor enthusiast has a hankering to try, Baltimore has it all! Equipped for every season, in Baltimore you can sail, skate, hike, and swim your way to fitness. Check out these and more outdoor activities in Baltimore and look great feeling great!
- Boating
- Fishing
- Cruises
- Swimming
- Live Music
- Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Hiking
- Watch Wildlife
- Biking
- Ice Skating
If you are looking for outdoor activities in Baltimore, boating is one of the most popular local pastimes. Whether you are sailing, canoeing, paddle boating, or taking a water taxi, boating will get you in touch with the ocean and give you a refreshing, thrilling ride. Check out the Downtown Sailing Center to book sailing lessons: www.DowntownSailing.org.
If you would like to canoe or kayak, you might want to head over to the public pier at Masonville Cove: www.MasonvilleCove.org.
Fishing in Baltimore is a huge industry. Try your rod and reel at catching Rockfish, White Perch, Catfish, and of course – crab. Head down to Masonville Cove and fish off a pier or schedule your fishing trip through Capt Don’s Fishing Charters and take to the bay. Whatever you catch, you eat! To learn more about Capt Don’s go to: www.FishBaltimore.com.
Discover Baltimore’s majestic Chesapeake Bay from the water! Capt Don’s Fishing Charters – in addition to hosting fishing trips – also offers guided harbor cruises. Spirit Cruises offers dining cruises and harbor cruises led by well-informed guides. If you are looking for outdoor activities in Baltimore, don’t miss this opportunity! To learn more about Spirit Cruises go to: www.SpiritCruisesBaltimore.com. For Capt Don’s Fishing Charters please visit: www.FishBaltimore.com.
Outdoor activities in Baltimore can be family-friendly too! Pack up the kids and head down to the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center. It features two outdoor pools and an outdoor tennis court. The children’s pool has exciting features like gentle water jets and fountains and an island whale with water streaming out of its blowhole. The Otterbein Swim Club also offers outdoor swimming in your neighborhood! Located near Otterbein, Federal Hill, and Locust Point, this family favorite has programs for children and adults including an adult only late night swim. To learn more about these Baltimore hotspots go to: www.MBrook.com and www.OtterbeinSwimClub.com.
Baltimore has a great live music scene – and what’s more – the concerts are outdoors, under the stars. Check out the HarborPlace Amphitheater and Power Plant Live! for outdoor concerts. HarborPlace Amphitheater hosts free weekend night concerts and Inner Harbor restaurants and shops extend their hours and offer sales to accommodate the concert-goers. For more information about outdoor activities in Baltimore and outdoor concerts go to: www.Baltimore.to/Amphitheater/ and www.PowerPlantLive.com.
Take in a game at Baltimore’s premiere baseball park. Cheer for the Orioles or watch any number of other teams in a top of the line stadium. The charged atmosphere in this outdoor sports arena will rev you up! Bring your family or go solo, down a beer, and soak up the sun’s rays. For seating and pricing go to: Baltimore.Orioles.mlb.
Baltimore is a great, picturesque city for a good hike. Check out Patapsco Valley State Park for a wilderness area that offers not only hiking trails, facilities for fishing, camping, canoeing, picnicking, horseback riding, and mountain biking. For information about more hiking trails in Baltimore and Maryland go to: www.SlackPacker.com.
Baltimore’s multitude of parks makes it an ideal spot for a leisurely stroll. Light off from the path and spot animals, photograph wildflowers, and observe stunning sunsets. These and other parks await you: Patterson Park, Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Waterfront Park, Federal Hill Park, Druid Hill Park, the Cylburn Arboretum, and the Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary. For more information about Baltimore parks go to: ci.Baltimore.md.us.
Strap your bike to your car and head down one of Baltimore’s rugged, scenic trails. Bike the Gwynns Falls Trail – a 15-mile adventure that takes you whizzing past many of Baltimore’s historic hotspots. It also ekes its way through a woodland wilderness park and ends at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor promenade. Try the Jones Falls Trail for a pastoral picture-perfect ride: it takes you past the botanical gardens, the Three Sisters Ponds, and the golf course. To learn more about biking in Baltimore go to: www.BaltimoreSpokes.org.
Baltimore comes alive in the winter! There are a number of outdoor ice skating arenas in the city to keep you active even in the dead of winter! At Mount Pleasant Ice Arena and the Mimi Dipietro Family Fun Center in Patterson Park, you can try ice hockey and figure skating. Mount Pleasant offers skating lessons for those novice but eager to learn skaters! To learn more about outdoor activities in Baltimore at these ice arenas go to: www.PattersonPark.com and www.MTPleasantIceArena.com.