{"id":44436,"date":"2025-04-16T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=44436"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:24:13","slug":"greenbrier-state-park-to-close-briefly-for-major-improvement-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/04\/16\/greenbrier-state-park-to-close-briefly-for-major-improvement-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenbrier State Park to Close Briefly for Major Improvement Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreenbrierThe Maryland Park Service will temporarily close Greenbrier State Park from May 5-9 as contractors repave the entrance road as part of ongoing upgrades to the park\u2019s front entrance and contact station. These upgrades will help reduce traffic backups on busy weekends and holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate our visitors\u2019 patience and look forward to welcoming everyone back with a smoother, more convenient entry experience this summer,\u201d said Maryland Park Service Western Region Manager Sarah Milbourne. \u201cWe timed this project based on the likelihood of agreeable weather for the road work, and also before the busiest part of our season begins Memorial Day weekend.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenbrier State Park is among the most visited public lands in Maryland, welcoming about 500,000 guests in 2024. Due to its popularity, the park in recent years has experienced lengthy delays for visitors to enter the park as well as more frequent capacity closures. The construction work at the entrance is designed to help reduce those issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the closure, visitors can explore nearby public lands, including <\/span>Cunningham Falls<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gambrill<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gathland<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>South Mountain<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Washington Monument<\/span><\/a> State Parks; <\/span>Monocacy River Natural Resource Management Area<\/span><\/a>; and <\/span>Gravel Hill Swamp<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Ridenour Swamp<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Frederick City Watershed Cooperative<\/span><\/a> Wildlife Management Areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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El Parque Estatal de Greenbrier cerrar\u00e1 brevemente por un importante proyecto de mejora<\/b><\/p>\n

El Servicio de Parques de Maryland cerrar\u00e1 temporalmente el Parque Estatal de Greenbrier del 5 al 9 de mayo mientras los contratistas repavimentan la carretera de entrada como parte de las mejoras en curso de la entrada principal del parque y la estaci\u00f3n de contacto. Estas mejoras ayudar\u00e1n a reducir las retenciones de tr\u00e1fico durante los fines de semana y d\u00edas festivos.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cApreciamos la paciencia de nuestros visitantes y esperamos dar la bienvenida a todos de nuevo con una experiencia de entrada m\u00e1s suave y m\u00e1s conveniente este verano,\u201d dijo el Servicio de Parques de Maryland Gerente de la Regi\u00f3n Occidental Sarah Milbourne. \u201cHemos programado este proyecto basado en la probabilidad de tiempo agradable para el trabajo de la carretera, y tambi\u00e9n antes de la parte m\u00e1s concurrida de nuestra temporada comienza el fin de semana del Memorial Day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

El Parque Estatal de Greenbrier es uno de los terrenos p\u00fablicos m\u00e1s visitados de Maryland, y en 2024 recibir\u00e1 a unos 500.000 visitantes. Debido a su popularidad, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os el parque ha experimentado largas esperas para que los visitantes accedan al parque, as\u00ed como cierres de capacidad cada vez m\u00e1s frecuentes. Las obras de construcci\u00f3n de la entrada tienen por objeto reducir estos problemas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Durante el cierre, los visitantes pueden explorar terrenos p\u00fablicos cercanos: Los Parques Estatal de <\/span>Cunningham Falls<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gambrill<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gathland<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>South Mountain<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Washington Monument<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Monocacy River Natural Resource Management Area<\/span><\/a>; y <\/span>Gravel Hill Swamp<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Ridenour Swamp<\/span><\/a>, y <\/span>Frederick City Watershed Cooperative<\/span><\/a> \u00e1reas de gesti\u00f3n de vida silvestre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Maryland Park Service will temporarily close Greenbrier State Park from May 5-9 as contractors repave the entrance road as part of ongoing upgrades to the park\u2019s front entrance and contact station. These upgrades will help reduce traffic backups on busy weekends and holidays.<\/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":[3411],"class_list":["post-44436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land","category-parks","tag-greenbrier-state-park"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44436","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=44436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44440,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44436\/revisions\/44440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}