Lake Montebello — Attraction in Baltimore

This is one of the most beautiful parks in Baltimore City. I especially love 💕 the houses that are in the Mayfield neighborhood right next to the park off of Harford Rd. Especially the big white on the has the southern porch with entrances on both sides. Also the treeline in the north end of the park where you can see the football field and the bridge on Chesterfield and Harford Rd is a sight to see 🙈. It's just so beautiful 😍❤️ how the treeline obscure everything up in Lauraville and Hamilton and you can't see no buildings or landmarks at all. I liked that cause it makes it look like there nothing up there. The only problem I have about this park is pedestrian 🚸 access. It is very dangerous and scary getting across Hillen Rd literally. As there is no pedestrian 🚸 crosswalk at the 35th Street intersection so you should not cross there. I walked down to Hillen and 33rd Streets and crossed their safely. But very scary as there is six lanes of traffic in Hillen. Three going on each side with 33rd having four on each and they turn while your crossing 🚸. So you have to watch over your shoulder while crossing. It was a hassle as I feel that there should be a pedestrian 🚸 crosswalk at 35th as Mervo High School is there..I know that kids cross at that intersection too as they aren't always aware of the dangers of jaywalking across a highway basically. In closing this area of the park the entrance needs to be made more pedestrian...

This is for current conditions, on today, 17 SEP 2022. There is significant construction in the whole area. Looks like a much needed renovation improvement of this whole part of Baltimore, MD. The parking is along the side roads that ring the park. It is well used, plenty of walkers, cyclists, runners. It is not a place to safely ride fast (over 10-12 mph). While I have over the years seen groups of road bikes pretending to be on a time trial, this is just not that kind of resource. Most people meander about with their face in a phone or with head phones/ear buds. Little kids are generally unsupervised and meander in the roadway. Today the parks department was there with free rental cruisers---so very inexperienced riders being introduced to the sport, which is great, but comes along with a certain amount of aimless wandering. Not a destination ride by any means, but if you are local it is worth checking out. A loop around the lake is 1.5 miles.

Across Harford Rd is Herring Run Park, there is a trail that goes out through the neighborhood and around the Herring Run streambed. It is paved and well shaded, mostly empty at least today. We saw a few runners, one other cyclist. That might be the hidden gem of the whole thing. The trail is 3.5/4...

Visited a friend in the area. Some streets are cleaner than others. It's like you're in a nice neighborhood then a few blocks over is the hood. I went jogging around lake Montebello. That was beautiful and there were lots of people out of a Sunday morning exercising too. The neighborhood looked nice. Single family homes that looked historic or Victorian to me, I'm no professional on housing structures. Quiet neighborhood. There was a house for sale on Kentucky Ave on Zillow for about$400k to give you an idea of who lives there. If I had the money I'd move there right by the lake. Baltimore has some nice hidden neighborhoods like these. I'm sure things go on there at night. There are used condoms on the ground where cars Park but not in walking Lanes. There is a water fountain by the pump house. Cool workout stations. No shade trees if you are walking the lake but there are trees around the outer perimeter where you park your car. You can walk your dog but must have a leash and pick up after them. They is also a bike lane. 1.2...