Brunswick, MD Road Trips

Plan drives from Brunswick, MD with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.

city in Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trip Routes

Longest Drive

91.4 mi

South Bel Air, MD

Quickest Drive

1h 44m

Annapolis, MD

Plan Around Brunswick, MD

Popular Incoming Routes

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South Bel Air, MD to Brunswick, MD 91.4 mi · 1h 56m Annapolis, MD to Brunswick, MD 84.9 mi · 1h 44m

Brunswick, MD by the Numbers

Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Population

7,994

Median Income

$115,972

Median Home Value

$348,500

Median Age

36.7

Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.

Brunswick, MD at a Glance

Founded

1787

Elevation

295 ft

Area

4 mi²

City data from Wikidata (Q755813), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.

Traveler Guide to Brunswick, MD

Brunswick is a very small town in Frederick County, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It is an excellent place for hikers and bicyclists to access the C&O Canal towpath.

1 Brunswick Railroad Museum, 40 W. Potomac Street (at N Maryland Ave), ☏ +1 301-834-7100. $5.

1 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath (C&O Canal). A 184.5-mile (297-km) hiking trail that passes through Brunswick, near the Potomac River. To the northwest, it ends at Cumberland, Maryland. To the southwest, it ends in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. 2 Rivers Edge Mountain Bike Trails, 210 13th Ave. More than 4 miles (6 km) of trails, maintained by Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts, a regional nonprofit organization. (updated Oct 2019)

1 Beans in the Belfry, 122 W Potomac St, ☏ +1 301 834-7178. Sandwiches and coffee. 2 King's Pizza, 215 W Potomac St, ☏ +1 301-834-9999. New York style pizzeria & Italian restaurant. $7-12. 3 Boxcar Burgers, 12 S Maple Ave, ☏ +1 202 642 1902. (updated Oct 2019)

No good nightlife or drinking spots are in Brunswick. The nearest palatable drink is to be found in Frederick. 1 Smoketown Brewing Station, 223 W Potomac St. (updated Oct 2019)

1 Brunswick Family Campground, 40 Canal Rd (from the MARC parking lot at the end of S Maple Ave, cross 2 tracks, turn left onto C&O Canal Tow Path, go 3/4 mile), ☏ +1 301-834-8050, [email protected]. April-November.

Brunswick is, appropriately enough, on the Brunswick line of the MARC commuter rail line, which runs from Washington, D.C. to Martinsburg, West Virginia. 1 Brunswick Station is located at 100 S Maple Ave. Amtrak's Capitol Limited runs through Brunswick without stopping in Brunswick. The nearest Amtrak station is 2 Harpers Ferry Station, 8 miles west of Brunswick. The nearest airport with scheduled commercial service is 3 Washington Dulles International Airport, about a 40-minute drive from Brunswick.

The Brunswick Historic District is easy to walk around. Going much further probably requires a car or a bicycle.

Travel tips adapted from Brunswick (Maryland) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.

Trips to Brunswick, MD

South Bel Air, MD to Brunswick, MD

91.4 mi 1h 56m

Annapolis, MD to Brunswick, MD

84.9 mi 1h 44m

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