BRIGHTON DAM, MD
58 or 73 mile options

Start location: Brighton Dam, Howard County, MD

Directions:     From the Capital Beltway (I-495), 
take Route 650 North (New Hampshire Avenue). Continue 
approximately 14 miles through Colesville, Ashton, and 
Brinklow to Brighton Dam Road. Turn right on Brighton Dam 
Road and follow approximately 1 mile to the Dam. Meet in 
the Dam parking lot - on the right, before you cross the 
dam! Total driving distance from DC is about 35 miles. 
Please leave ONE HOUR driving time!
                
0.0     R       Brighton Dam Road
1.7     R       Highland Road @ SS
4.1     L       Hall Shop Rd. @ signal
6.1     L       Guilford Rd. (MD 32) @ SS
6.6     R       Great Star Dr.
7.2     R       Summer Sunrise Dr. (X MD 32)
7.3     L       Trotter Rd. (traffic cir - mi 8.2)
9.3     L       MD 108 @ SS
9.9     R       Sheppard Lane
12.6    S       Folly Quarter Rd. @ SS
13.7    L       Carroll Mill Rd.
15.3    R       Tridelphia Rd. @ SS
16.8    L       MD 144 @ SS
17.5    R       Sand Hill Rd.
18.4    L       Mount View Rd.
19.1    L       MD 99 @ SS (Old Frederick Rd.)
21.2    R       Underwood Rd.
22.9    R       Forsythe Rd. @ SS
23.4    L       Gaither Road
25.4    L       REST STOP
25.4    L       Gaither Road
25.7    L       Obrecht Road @ SS
27.7    L       MD 97 @ SS
27.9    R       Eden Mill Road
29.0    L       Hoods Mill Rd. @ SS
29.2    R       Morgan Road
32.6    R       MD 144 @ SS
33.2    L       Daisy Road
36.0    R       Ed Warfield Road
36.7    R       Florence Road
38.0    S       Florence Rd. @ Jennings Chapel Road
38.6    L       Woodbine Rd. @ SS (MD 94)
42.8    L       MD 108 @ SS (Damascus Rd.)
44.0    BR      TRO MD 108
47.4    R       REST STOP @ 7-11 (Laytonsville)

GO TO OPTIONS

OPTION 1:   72.3 MILES          
47.4    L       MD 108
48.8    R       Grifith Road
51.5    L       MD 650 @ SS
54.4    R       Hipsley Mill Road
58.0    R       Jennings Chapel Rd. @ SS
60.8    R       Howard Chapel Road
63.1    R       Sundown Road @ SS
63.6    L       Zion Road
66.3    L       Brookville Road
68.5    R       Georgia Ave. (MD 97)
68.7    BL(S)   Brighton Dam Road
        R       to stay on Brighton Dam Rd. (unmarked)
71.2    X       MD 650 @ SS
72.3    R       Parking lot @ dam



OPTION 2:   57.9 MILES          
47.4    R       MD 108
48.2    L       Riggs Road
50.6    R       Zion Road
52.0    L       Brookville Road
54.2    R       Georgia Ave. (MD 97)
54.4    BL(S)   Brighton Dam Road
        R       to stay on Brighton Dam Rd. (unmarked)
56.8    X       MD 650 @ SS
57.9    R       Parking lot @ dam