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Where the dog comes too.

Patios that put out a water bowl without being asked. Trails that don't require leashes when nobody's looking. Breweries with a yard. Beaches off-season.

Parks & trails

1 stop
  • Laurel
    Trap Pond Trail System
    Editor's pick

    A multi-use hiking and biking network around the pond: the 4.9-mile Boundary Trail skirting the water, the broader 4.6-mile Bob Trail, and the 0.6-mile Cypress Point Loop boardwalk that gives the closest look at the bald cypress stand.

Iconic stops

1 stop
  • Laurel
    Bald Cypress Swamp at Cypress Point
    Editor's pick

    The northernmost naturally occurring stand of bald cypress on the East Coast, per the National Park Service — reachable by the Cypress Point boardwalk or by kayak into the swamp itself.