Brunswick

Brunswick is a very small town in Frederick County, Maryland, on the Potomac River.

History

It is located about 124 km south of Savannah. In 1771, the town was deliberately established, and the Georgia Royal Colony Board named it after the house of the Hanover family, a prestigious British family in Germany. Migration began in 1772, and it became a city in 1856.

Today, as a fishing port centered on the seafood industry, food processing of catches is successful, and the pulp and wood industries have developed. The tourism industry near the Naval Exclusive Store and Golden Isles is also popular. There are three islands nearby: St. Simons, Sea, and Jekyll, and there are the state's oldest public schools, Glynn Academy (1778) and Brunswick Elementary University (1961).

Get in

By train or plane

Brunswick is, appropriately enough, on the Brunswick line of the MARC commuter rail line, which runs from Washington, D.C. to Martinsburg, West Virginia. 1 Brunswick Station is located at 100 S Maple Ave.

Brunswick MARC station

Amtrak's Capitol Limited runs through Brunswick without stopping in Brunswick. The nearest Amtrack station is 2 Harpers Ferry Station, 8 miles west of Brunswick.

The nearest airport with scheduled commercial service is 3 Washington Dulles International Airport, about a 40-minute drive from Brunswick.

Get around

The Brunswick Historic District is easy to walk around. Going much further probably requires a car or a bicycle.

See

• 1 Brunswick Railroad Museum, 40 W. Potomac Street (at N Maryland Ave), ☏ +1 301-834-7100. $5. 

Do

• 1 (C&O Canal). A 184.5-mile (297-km) hiking trail that passes through Brunswick, near the Potomac River. To the northwest, it ends at Cumberland, Maryland. To the southwest, it ends in Georgetown in Washington, D.C.  
• 2 Rivers Edge Mountain Bike Trails, 210 13th Ave. More than 4 miles (6 km) of trails, maintained by Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts, a regional nonprofit organization. (updated Oct 2019)

Buy

• 1 Sundance Art & Frame, 18 W Potomac Street, ☏ +1 301-834-7904, sunart1@verizon.net. W-Sa 10AM-5PM. Art prints, photographs, railroad art and local art. 
• 2 Trailside Outfitters, 44 Souder Rd, ☏ +1 301-834-8071, xcav8er@aol.com. Outdoor specialty store. 

Eat

• 1 Beans in the Belfry, 122 W Potomac St, ☏ +1 301 834-7178. Sandwiches and coffee. 
• 2 King's Pizza, 215 W Potomac St, ☏ +1 301-834-9999. New York style pizzeria & Italian restaurant. $7-12. 
• 3 Boxcar Burgers, 12 S Maple Ave, ☏ +1 202 642 1902. (updated Oct 2019)

Drink

No good nightlife or drinking spots are in Brunswick. The nearest palatable drink is to be found in Frederick.

• 1 Smoketown Brewing Station, 223 W Potomac St. (updated Oct 2019)

Sleep

• 1 Brunswick Family Campground, 40 Canal Rd (from the MARC parking lot at the end of S Maple Ave, cross 2 tracks, turn left onto C&O Canal Tow Path, go 3/4 mile), ☏ +1 301-834-8050, campground@brunswickmd.gov. April-November. 

Go next

• Frederick
• Harpers Ferry

Routes through Brunswick

Martinsburg ← Harpers Ferry ←

NW  SE

→ Dickenson → Washington, D.C.