By cwilson1006 in September, 2010
Beautiful paths winding through the park. I ask that anyone traveling there takes care, especially on the "Land of Promise" trail as that is of great historical significance to the Wilson Family of Harford county and there is on going historical research going on in that area. If anyone finds artifacts or anything of historical importance please contact the susquehanna state park service and myself at carrie.wilson1006@gmail.com.
Enjoy the beautiful trails and the old stone walls that wind through the park!
By gary wilson in April, 2007
"Flat, easywalk, many Bald Eagles, and small woods birds and water fowl on the river. Always fresh signs of beaver, Pileated woodpeckers, various gulls, terns, herons, ducks, geese, margansers. Toilet facilites at north end. "
By Ben LaGarde in July, 2003
"Read the description carefully, bike riders. This is a beautiful hiking path in which only 1.7 miles look like the usual rail trail. Mountain bikers will like the path to the Mill on the Southern end from the end of the gravel section on the North. Leave this one to the bird watchers; get off the bike and walk it to really appreciate it. "
By Dave Linthicum in February, 2003
"This all narrow, wooded, blue-blazed trail runs 14 continuous miles from the Lapidum boat ramp/parking area on Tidewater at the south end of Susquehanna State Park, Harford County, northward through the hilly park and its colonial grist mill area, turning flat & crushed gravel for just the three miles along the river to Conowingo Dam.
North from there, beyond the hilly and scenic Hopkins and Glen Cove areas, the trail reaches river views 440 feet above sea level. The actual trail ends in Broad Creek Scout Camp eight miles north of Conowingo and one-and-a-half miles north of the Paddrick Road/Route 623 parking area.
Only the three mile former railroad corridor below the dam has been widened and graveled by the state; the rest has been built and maintained for decades by volunteers with the Mason-Dixon Trails System. I have maintained the Conowingo to Broad Creek section since 1987.
For youth group primitive camping at Glen Cove, call the Glen Cove marina at 410-836-3761. Bald eagles can often be seen on the Glen Cove to Conowingo Dam section of the trail, especially in the winter. "