On the NCR trail in northern Baltimore County, there is a whimsical place, a “gnome-man’s land,” if you will. Gnome Hill is a must-see destination for hikers and bikers alike.

Get on the trail at White Hall, head north, andafter a roughly 1-mile walk with bikes whizzing by on the left, Gnome Hill comes into view. It’s about seven feet high and is loaded with gnome statues, dozens of them.

Cyclist Mark Schmidt remembers when he and his girlfriend, Sue Donaldson, saw it for the first time several years ago.

“Her entire house is covered in gnomes in front of the house,” Schmidt said of Donaldson. “And she came down here and slammed on the brakes and I didn’t know what it was. Then I looked to the left and I was like, ‘Wow.’”

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