West Covington Park — Attraction in Baltimore

Do visit for views of the water and Hannover Street Bridge. But while you’re here remember the tragic tale of West Covington Park. The City and the Aquarium spent millions recovering this old industrial waterfront property and create a verdant garden of native vegetation that would be a refuge for migratory birds, and for people. Amazingly, it was done well and it worked! Alas, then the City gave the park to Weller Development Partnership, which immediately bulldozed the property, drove off the wildlife, and planted a wasteland of lawn. This does not bode well for the waterfront areas of Port Covington, given that Weller is the prime developer, and they’ve vandalized the first park they got...

Nice little park with a lot of trees and shrubbery. I saw a groundhog here, which is probably the first wild mammal I've seen in Baltimore besides a rat or a squirrel. Baltimore need 10x more spaces like this.

You can access this park on foot/bike/scooter from Fed Hill using a new bike trail that starts near the intersection of W McComas St and S Hanover St. The trail keeps going over to Port Covington. Decent route for a little run.

It would be great if they could extend the bike trail further into Fed Hill. Currently, you have to walk along the busy part of S Hanover for a bit to get to the head of the bike trail, which...

Well, of course I'm going to give this place 5-stars. I've attended a couple of events here such as Jazzy Summer Nights, Reggae RiseUp, and my very own, Vegan SoulFest. This park is perfectly located and the waterfront and art installations are amazing. They have a sandbox to play volley ball. We use it for the children to play in at our festival. When the park is not rented out for events, the public comes in to walk their dogs, sit on the chairs and look at the water, nature watch, read a book, or walk some laps. Whatever you decide to do there, it's tranquil. You'll...