Sykesville, MD Road Trips

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

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Trip Routes

Longest Drive

23.8 mi

Fairview Acres, MD

Quickest Drive

32m

Walnut Hill, MD

Plan Around Sykesville, MD

Continue From Sykesville, MD

Good next legs if this city is only one stop in a longer road trip.

Sykesville, MD to Fairview Acres, MD 23.8 mi · 40m Sykesville, MD to Walnut Hill, MD 18.9 mi · 32m

Trips from Sykesville, MD

Sykesville, MD to Fairview Acres, MD

23.8 mi 40m

Sykesville, MD to Walnut Hill, MD

18.9 mi 32m

Sykesville, MD by the Numbers

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

Population

4,346

Median Income

$135,692

Median Home Value

$398,600

Median Age

34.9

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

Landmarks & Historic Sites

Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Sykesville, MD.

Branton Manor

historic home located at Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, United States

National Register of Historic Places listed place

City data from Wikidata (Q753667), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.

Traveler Guide to Sykesville, MD

Sykesville is in Carroll County, Maryland.

Sykesville is an example of a mill town, common in this region, where much of the history is preserved, on the Patapsco river.

The Sykesville Gate House museum is a museum on the local history of Sykesville. The Historic Black Schoolhouse was the only black schoolhouse in the region for a long period of time, in the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

The Sykesville Walking tour a tour of the local historic sights. The Sykesville Ghosts and Legends walking tour, a tour of the legends of ghosts and monsters in Sykesville.

Habib's Kabobs and Bagel Cafe, on one side serves authentic Persian cuisine, such as kabobs, and on the other side sells bagels, bagel sandwiches, bagel melts, and paninis.

The Cork Wine Pub, a delightful sandwich place at lunch, with a more barlike feel in the evenings.

There are no places to sleep in Sykesville, the closest hotels being in Owings Mills.

Route 26 and Route 32 both pass through Sykesville. There is NO mass transit in Carroll County-westward, so you will have to drive.

Walk or drive around Sykesville. There are some walking areas, but a lot of driving areas.

Travel tips adapted from Sykesville 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.

Nearby Hubs

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Walnut Hill, MD 18.9 mi · 32m Fairview Acres, MD 23.8 mi · 40m

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