#127 Greenbrier State Park

​21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713

Hello from Beach #127, a 1,000-foot man-made mountain lake at Greenbrier State Park in the far western reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed - Boonsboro, Maryland. A drop of rain here will one day make its way to the Chesapeake Bay.

Greenbrier State Park was created in the early 1960s and is an access point for the Appalachian Trail. In 1995, the park made news when not just one but two rare albino deer were spotted. In 2008, the park built the first official concrete culvert turtle crossing in the United States so that box turtles could safely pass the road.

Greenbrier State Park is the ancestral homeland of East Coast Native American tribes, including the Susquehannock, Piscataway, Catawba and Lenni Lenape.
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As part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laid the groundwork for many park amenities we enjoy here today.

Note: In 2025, in order to ease overcrowding and to ensure that visitors are not turned away due to capacity limitations, day use reservations are now required at Greenbrier State Park on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day.​ Click here to make your reservation.