A Long Walk- Not After Dark — Black Girl Horror

Like a lot of people, quarantine has helped me get in touch with nature. My new past time has been finding trails with pretty sights or waterfalls so that I can stay active and also pause to admire what God has created. So imagine my excitement the first time I learned of a trail that led you through an abandoned town. Y’all know I love spooky stuff!

The Daniels trailhead, located in Windsor Mill, MD, takes you along the Patapsco River and leads to Daniels Dam. In and out is about 3 miles total but the detours from the tour to see all of the cool, creepy things will extend your trek.

Daniels, MD was formed as a small industrial town in the early 1800s. The town’s founder formed the community around his family’s textile mill. The town had stores, churches, a school, and most mill workers lived in the town. If you are from Maryland, then you know the Ellicott City area floods like crazy. This is what wiped the town out and forced many families to abandon Daniels. That is what is so crazy about the trail. Along the way you will see a few cars from the 1960s that were abandoned but are still almost completely whole.

Another crazy part of the trail are two abandoned churches. The interiors are gone but the outside structures still remain. The Pentecostal church is what you will find once you have neared the end of the trail. It is covered in graffiti. If you take a detour from the path you will find the other church that has a cemetery behind it. Now I love creepy stuff but to be honest with y’all, a girl has her limits so please know I didn’t get that close to that church. I’m not crazy you know?

If you love nature but like a little creepy stuff at the same time, I definitely recommend taking a walk along Daniels Road.

Abandoned church near the end of the trail

Abandoned church with the cemetery in the back. Clearly as close as I planned to go!