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A pleasant hotel that is just 10 miles away from Cunningham Falls is SpringHill Suites By Marriott.
111 Byte Drive
Frederick, MD, 21702

This hotel is 7 miles from Mom's Organic Market and 7.5 miles from Common Market on Buckeystown Pike in Frederick, and about 2 miles from Wegmans.


Williamsport, MD:
in Washington County

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park - Williamsport, Maryland Visitor Center
with parking and restrooms
205 W. Potomac Street
Williamsport, MD 21795


There are 2 Walmart Supercenters, about 8 miles away from Williamsport, where you get some organic fruits and vegetables.


The Hampton Inn - Hagerstown I-81 near Hagerstown is about 10 miles away from Williamsport, and has an indoor heated salt water pool.   Call before reserving a room there, if interested in the salt-water pool, to make sure still have.



Places you can meet friends for a healthy vegan organic lunch near trails in forests:


Most restaurants do not allow anyone to bring their own food, do not use filtered water in their drinks, soups, or cooking they serve, and do not use organic food for all their ingredients.


You are free to bring your own lunch to any parks!


Here are some places that have something for everyone, with salad Bars with with some organic vegan options with all ingredients labeled right there on the bars, where everyone is welome to also bring their own food to eat.   So you can stay in control of what you eat and still be able to have social meals with your friends, where everyone can have what they want.


Common Market
5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1
Frederick, MD 21704

They have nice made-to-order fresh Organic smoothies, a salad bar with many Organic Vegan things on it, and some other Organic products you can buy in the store.


Whole Foods Market
(Ones that still have some indoor tables for eating there and convenient parking garages or parking right in front)
in Tysons Corner, Fairfax, Annapolis, and Columbia


Some Mom's Organic Markets have a cafe in them called Naked Lunch, that serves vegan organic food, including soup and fresh-made-to-order vegetable juices, will everything there made with water purified by reverse-osmosis.   You are also welcome to buy anything you want in the rest of the store and eat it in the same area there.


Some things in the Naked Lunch cafe come with cheese made from cow milk, so be sure to specify "NO CHEESE PLEASE" when ordering anything there.


The Mom's Organic Markets that have Naked Lunch cafes in them are Rockville, Gaithersburg, Herndon, Jessup, College Park, Washington, DC, and Baltimore.

Western Maryland (West of Frederick)

Recommend going when it is not likely to snow because it snows a lot more at the higher altitudes up there,
And they are not as efficient at dealing with the snow there as they are in Minnesota
So recommend going June through September

Flintstone, MD:
(near Cumberland, MD)

Rocky Gap State Park
next to Rocky Gap Resort in Flintstone, MD
16701 Lakeview Road NE
Flintstone, MD 21530

There is a trail in a forest there around Lake Habeeb that is 5.2 miles long taking an average of 1 hr 40 minutes to complete


You can get healthy vegan organic food on the way there from the Mom's Organic Market and Common Market in Frederick, MD.   -- Plan ahead!   Once you are in the Flintstone area, you may be able to get some organic fruits and vegetables at the Walmart Super Center that is about 13 miles away in La Vale.

Don't count on this hotel to provide healthy Organic Vegan food.

*The drive to and from Rocky Gap has breathtaking views of mountains that cannot be realized from pictures!

Even one of the rest areas on the way to Cumberland is amazing:

Sideling Hill Welcome Center And Rest Area

Deep Creek Lake is another lovely place to visit that has a lake beach and wooded trails near it.

The Baja Motel, with beautiful views of windmills nearby is about 7.5 miles from the parking lot of this beach and wooded trail parking lot.   This hotel is also right next to Mountain Lake Park, which has a free public Splash Pad, restrooms, outdoor shower, and free WiFi.


You cannot tell how lovely this motel really is from the pictures.   The Family suite is especially wonderful.   This motel has a very convenient and efficient automated check-in and check-out method, is extremely clean, and is less expensive than other hotels that are not as nice as this one is.   There is a Walmart Super Center about 5.5 miles away from this motel, where you may be able to get some organic fruits and vegetables.

Nearby Swallow Falls, resorts in West Virginia, and New Germany State park, are not included here because getting to them requires driving through areas that are outside of cellular reception range.


To be SURE you stay within cellular reception in this area of Western Maryland and West Virgina, you MUST stay on the main highways of I-70 to I-68 to Rt. 219 to Rt. 135, Maryland Hwy.


Do NOT follow your GPS when it tells you to turn before getting to Rt. 219 to save mileage, because going off the main highways will take you outside of cellular reception.


To get to the Sand Beach Parking Lot of Deep Creek Lake from the Baja Motel, go back to Rt. 219, then go Right onto Glendale Road, then Left onto Toothpick Road (which turns into Beckmans Peninsula Road to the Right), stay Straight as Toothpick Road turns into State Park Road, then go Left onto Waterfront Way, then go Left onto Lakeside Trail, the go Left into the Parking Lot.


East Of The Bay Bridge
Recommend going when it's not Hurricane Season (which is June through November) and when it's not so crowded

So recommend going December through March when the weather is predicted to be warmer than usual

Stevensville, MD:
(Near the Bay Bridge near Annapolis, MD)

Terrapin Nature Park
191 Log Canoe Circle
Stevensville, MD 21666

*Nice to use as a rest/run area on the way to and from Ocean City
Has a nice shady trail for running and beach area

Nice Hotel in Stevensville nearby:
The Inn at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club & Spa

Don't count on this hotel to provide healthy Organic Vegan food.


You can get healthy food from local Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's in Annapolis.

Salisbury, MD:

Salisbury City Park
521 S. Park Drive, Salisbury, MD

Nice to use as a rest/run area on the way to and from Ocean City

Has a nice gravel track for running, restroom, and convenient free parking

There are 2 Walmart Super Centers in Salisbury, where you may be able to get organic fruits and vegetables.

Berlin, MD:

Ocean City is about 10 miles driving from Berlin.

Assateague has both a State and a National park area.


The National Park side has a very nice foot washing station as part of their outside showers.   The State Park side has a very nice Forest Trail.   Both sides have beautiful beach area with wild horses.


There is a Walmart Super Center in Berlin, Maryland, where you may be able to get some organic fruits and vegetables.

Ocean City, MD:

The Princess Royale Oceanfront Resort
is a nice hotel in Ocean City that is about 10 miles from Assateague.
9100 Coastal Hwy
Ocean City, MD 21842

View of Beach From The Princess Royale Oceanfront Resort Ocean City Web Cam


View Of The Princess Royale Oceanfront Resort Ocean City Web Cam

Don't count on this hotel to provide healthy Organic Vegan food.


You can plan to get healthy organic vegan food on your way there from the local Mom's Organic Market, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's in Annapolis.   --Plan ahead!


You can also get a smaller amount of some healthy food from Ocean City Organics when you are in Ocean City.   This store closes very early, so check times before planning to go there -- Plan ahead!


Here are some indoor malls that can be nice places to walk during inclement weather that have nice bathrooms and flexible eating environments where everyone can bring their own food or easily get something to eat there. &bsp Plan to go in the afternoon, because many malls close shortly after 6 pm nowadays.   Malls can be good back-up plans to have for when you plan to meet a friend to walk in the park and the weather turns out to be too inclement to want to stay outside so you can still walk together in the mall.


Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax County, VA

Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, VA

Springfield Town Center Mall in Springfield, VA

Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, MD

Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, MD

Dulles Town Center Mall

The Mall In Columbia

Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, MD

Valley Mall in Hagerstown, MD, about 3.5 miles from Williamsport, MD

The Centre At Salisbury

Country Club Mall in La Vale, MD, about 13 miles from Rocky Gap Resort


There is no indoor mall near Deep Creek.   --Recommend going there only when the weather is warm anyway, to avoid the snow, so take umbrellas as back-up plan if it rains then


You can get healthy organic vegan food to take to eat together in these malls from local Mom's Organic Markets, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, and Walmart Super Centers.

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