The Pit mountain bike area opening this weekend at Fairland Bike Park

Montgomery Parks will officially open a progressive mountain bike skills park within the Fairland Bike Park tomorrow, Saturday, November 5, 2022. The 6.5 acre addition, called The Pit, features rollers, kicker ramps, wall rides, drops, and skinnies. Best of all, you don't even need your own mountain bike - you can borrow one from the park's bikeshare station. Fairland Bike Park is located at the intersection of Greencastle Ridge Terrace and Greencastle Road.

Photos courtesy Montgomery Parks

MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO BUY $1.1M HOME, TURN IT INTO PARKLAND IN NORTHWEST BRANCH STREAM VALLEY PARK

Montgomery County plans to acquire 24 Crest Park Court, near Francis Scott Key MS, for $1,121,000 and make the property part of the adjoining Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park.

But the deal is also subject to an undisclosed "Life Estate Benefit" for the property's owner, Dr. Leonard Deitz.  That transaction was arranged at a closed meeting of the county Planning Board not open to the public.

The 5.5 acre estate is being acquired with county bonds, under the Legacy Open Space program.

Crest Park Court is a tree-lined residential street that dead-ends at Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park.