{"id":29876,"date":"2020-01-03T12:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=29876"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:31:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:31:45","slug":"record-participants-hike-in-new-year-across-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/03\/record-participants-hike-in-new-year-across-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Participants Hike in New Year Across Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Day Hikes Kick Off 2020<\/span><\/i>
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Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford joins a First Day Hike at Patuxent River State Park, Jan. 1, 2020. Photo by Joe Andrucyk<\/p><\/div>\n

About 5,000 hikers took advantage of sunny and mild weather New Year\u2019s Day, joining the Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> in the state\u2019s annual First Day Hikes initiative. Hikers logged more than 10,000 miles on trails in parks and public lands all across Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Park rangers, staff, and volunteers guided hikers of all experience levels ringing in the new year on the trail. With 43 hikes at more than 30 locations, the Maryland Park Service<\/a> registered 3,834 hikers participating in guided hikes, while 1,152 people hiked 1,516 miles on their own — a grand total of 4,986 hikers, not counting many who didn\u2019t check in with a ranger. Even more people hiked in Maryland\u2019s state forests, wildlife management areas, and other public lands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among those hiking was Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford, who trekked with Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio and about 250 fellow hikers at Patuxent River State Park in Howard and Montgomery counties.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFirst Day Hikes are a great way to spend New Year\u2019s Day,\u201d Lt. Governor Rutherford said. \u201cSpecial thanks go to the rangers, volunteers and all the folks who joined us — I\u2019m already looking forward to next year.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s attendance broke the record set New Year\u2019s Day 2019<\/a>, when more than 3,700 people hiked 8,500 miles on 36 different First Day Hikes throughout Maryland \u2014 triple the previous year\u2019s numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Maryland First Day Hikes 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State Park<\/strong><\/td>\nParticipants<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Miles\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assateague<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvert Cliffs<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cedarville<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapman<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n277.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cunningham Falls<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dans Mountain<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elk Neck<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fair Hill<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fort Frederick<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambrill<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gathland<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenwell<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gunpowder – Jerusalem Mill<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n1,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gunpowder – Torrey C. Brown (bike)<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harriet Tubman<\/td>\n158<\/td>\n237<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herrington Manor<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janes Island<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martinak<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merkle<\/td>\n116<\/td>\n406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Germany<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Point<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patapsco – Cascade<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patapsco – McKeldin<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n388<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patuxent River<\/td>\n350<\/td>\n700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pocomoke<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocks<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocky Gap<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n240.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandy Point<\/td>\n232<\/td>\n696<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sang Run<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seneca<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susquehanna<\/td>\n289<\/td>\n578<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swallow Falls<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n6.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuckahoe<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wye Island<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n85.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guided Hikes TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n3,834<\/strong><\/td>\n8,584.05<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gathland – Self-Guided<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenbrier – Self-Guided<\/td>\n101<\/td>\n101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patapsco-Union Dam – Self-Guided<\/span><\/td>\n264<\/td>\n396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patapsco-Soldiers Delight – Self-Guided<\/span><\/td>\n155<\/td>\n387.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cunningham Falls – Self-Guided<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self-Guided Hikes TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n1,152<\/strong><\/td>\n1,516.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0All Hikes TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n4,986<\/strong><\/td>\n10,100.55<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First Day Hikes Kick Off 2020 About 5,000 hikers took advantage of sunny and mild weather New Year\u2019s Day, joining the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in the state\u2019s annual First Day Hikes initiative. Hikers logged more than 10,000 miles on trails in parks and public lands all across Maryland. Park rangers, staff, and volunteers  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,23,12],"tags":[4861,2914,3278,4035,4815],"class_list":["post-29876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land","category-parks","tag-boyd-k-rutherford","tag-first-day-hikes","tag-hiking","tag-jeannie-haddaway-riccio","tag-patuxent-river-state-park"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29876"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29886,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29876\/revisions\/29886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}