Arcticsnorkler t1_j1cwgs1 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 10:48 AM

Reply to comment by BismarkUMD in Columbia vs Ellicott City? by BalancingAct247

Agree unless it is one of the 90 concert days at Columbia’s Pavilion or a December weekend evening at Columbia’s Festival of Lights. Then you, after a long day at work, have a good chance of being stuck in a traffic jam for an hour where you can see your spouse waiting for you in the window of your apartment at Juniper Apartment bldg.

bizbiz23 t1_j1dp9d4 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 3:25 PM

LOL this is rough. If you go down Banneker Drive near the fire house, there's a community towards the bottom with some visitor spots that are almost always open where you should have no issue parking for a day, or even more at times (as long as it's not 3 or more I think).

From there, you can walk the path through the woods and Merriweather is about 1,000 steps and the buildings on the other side of it are about 2,000. Just figured I'd let you know in case you know this is going to happen again. There are probably some closer public spots, but these ones are safe as far as I know.