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Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park

Tourist attraction Park Historical landmark Cultural center

👍 Country beauty in a simple, historical setting. The trail is an easy walk, and the signs and accompanying brochure are useful for visualizing what must have been a harrowing journey for freedom-seeking runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. People often mention trail, house,


Address

16501 Norwood Rd, Sandy Spring, MD 20860, United States

Website

www.montgomeryparks.org

Contact

+1 301-929-5989

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (62 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Tuesday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Thursday: 7 am to 7 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: trail (7) house (6)
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  • 4/5 Joel S. 4 years ago on Google • 151 reviews
    Country beauty in a simple, historical setting. The trail is an easy walk, and the signs and accompanying brochure are useful for visualizing what must have been a harrowing journey for freedom-seeking runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Janice T. 5 years ago on Google • 415 reviews
    I attended the Heritage Days at Woodland Manor. I enjoyed a rainy day hike on the Underground Railroad Trail. Our guide Mike is a history professor. He shared with us educational stories along the trail about ways enslaved people would have navigated the Underground Railroad. We also had an amazing tour of the barn which is now a Quaker Museum about Slavery. Our final stop was the front of the Quaker farmer's house. Dr. William Palmer was the owner of the farm who had 14 enslaved people who lived on the farm.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 chris a. 6 years ago on Google • 147 reviews
    Beautiful area, and amazing staff. Mark was an incredible guide. The Underground Railroad Trail is a great stop and worth a walk. Knowing how rich the history of the area is made the experience even BETTER. Protip: bring bug spray, it is a wilderness trail and ticks and mosquito are a bother.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Doug F. 7 years ago on Google • 71 reviews
    We went to hike the two mile trail from the stone barn up to the Maryland Champion White Ash tree (over 300 years old). Nice trail and they allow leashed dogs. Starts along horse farm then goes into mature woods. A must-see 19th century stone walled barn, with history of free slaves in the community. There is a visitor center (call for hours) and they do have bathrooms there. The main brick house had a wedding reception starting so we weren't able to see all the grounds. Go early.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pamela G. 4 years ago on Google • 216 reviews
    Beautiful Park, parking, Underground. Railroad trail.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bonnie J. 1 year ago on Google • 46 reviews
    I love history, when the Truth is told. This place holds true through actual (documentation), written and visual picturesque property. A great lesson can be taught and learned visiting this place and surrounding areas.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stephanie G. 4 years ago on Google • 161 reviews
    Beautiful property, excellent preservation, showcases Quaker influence in Maryland.

  • 5/5 The Honorable Baba-C G. 5 years ago on Google • 48 reviews
    A great place for families. Children enjoy places filled with a variety of interesting fun filled, fact filled historical and cultural significance. Full disclosure: I am a Griot and Master Storyteller who performed at Woodland Manor for Black History Month. The staff and audience were wonderful. Everyone had a great time and some even learned something new! Can't wait to go back as a Griot, Master Storyteller and visitor. When you go there ask for Mark Thorne and tell him Baba-C sent you.

  • 1/5 Luke M. 8 months ago on Google • 25 reviews
    The Manor house is closed until further notice. They don't mention this on the main page of their website. They expect you to find this out from a small plaintext warning on one of the subpages. Most websites like this would say that one of their main facilities is closed with a big banner across the top rather than expecting you to read every word on every subpage to find that out. They do not seem inclined to correct this issue when given constructive feedback about webpage design. The staff also did not tell us the manor house was closed when they charged us. They charge the same amount as when the house is open.

  • 5/5 patrice w. 5 years ago on Google
    I absolutely loved this place, would advise people to wear comfortable shoes and to hydrate. Awesome experience for my group.

  • 5/5 Deirdre G. 4 years ago on Google • 15 reviews
    The re-enactors at the Woodlawn Manor Park were really awesome. African-American and European-American women came TOGETHER to discuss life on the plantation like I've never heard it before-not as separate stories, but one story with specific sides. It was authentic and enlightening. Revealing local history this way is engaging & so exciting. Next stop, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum!!

  • 3/5 Christine S. 4 years ago on Google
    Cute little colonial house and barn, pretty easy out and back trail that takes just about 2 hours. Wouldn't recommend going in January as everything is closed. I'm sure it's lovely in the spring and summer but wasn't worth the drive for me.

  • 5/5 Roberto C. 7 years ago on Google
    My daughter had her wedding ceremony/reception at this absolutely beautiful place. Stunning!! Highly recommended.

  • 4/5 Joel W. 9 months ago on Google
    It's a lovely old plantation.

  • 1/5 Courtney W. 5 months ago on Google
    While the event itself was well done, their payment policy is horrendous. I lead a homeschool field trip. Printed out a whole Excel sheet with numbers of attendees and payment amount. When their number was $100 more than on my sheet I assumed my Excel sheet was wrong. So after the trip I looked over my sheet and saw my error, that I gave them a total attendees number instead of the total number of kids. I showed them my error and they said they don't refund checks. Then they said I already paid and they can't count the attendees now since they left. This is a county run facility, I can't believe the county is that greedy and refused to fix the payment issue. Now I'm out $100 of my own money.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Activities
    • ✓️ Hiking
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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