tailwater · trout
Gunpowder Falls (Parkton)
Live conditions for Gunpowder Falls (Parkton): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
22cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low.
Water temp—
Stage0.05 ft
Engine callGO 23 cfs in the wade band
The water
Gunpowder Falls (Parkton) is a tailwater in Maryland, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Prettyboy Dam tailrace access (fire road below dam)carry
- Falls Road Bridge access (Gunpowder Falls State Park, Hereford Area)walk in
- Masemore Road accesswalk in
- Bunker Hill Road accesswalk in
- York Road access (Gunpowder Falls State Park, Hereford Area)walk in
- Big Falls Road accesswalk in
- Blue Mount Road accesswalk in
- Monkton Road / Monkton Station accesswalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.