DIRECTIONS to coffin rock, ruins and locations

[EllysOwl]

<<< Some of these directions are incorrect.  We will be creating a new thread with updated info once we have it together.  Can't have folks getting lost out there! >>>

I'm posting this again so anyone who wants to visit will have accurate directions. Don't get lost

Seneca Creek State Park was where they filmed the hiking and camping scenes.
From I-270 in Maryland take Rt118 south towards Germantown. After about three miles this becomes a two lane road. Turn right on Black Rock Road -
yes, it really exists. As you remember this from the movie it's a small twisting road-so drive carefully and keep an eye out for deer. Watch on your
right side for the shack they passed, it's painted red. After you pass the shack about 50 yards down you will see where Josh parked his car on the left side of the road.
From here you have two choices to get to Coffin Rock.

STICKMEN:
Park your car here and walk a bit down the road. You will see a path leading into the forest. Take this path and in about five minutes you will be at the creek facing the rock. Continue following this trail until you come to
a grove of pine trees. This is where the stickmen were hung in the film.

FOR COFFIN ROCK: There is another trail, which is the one used in the film. Continue driving down the road and park at the old mill. Walk across the road
and look over the barrier. You will see a trail leading away. Walk this trail and you will be taken directly to the rock. Make sure you go on the side OPPOSITE the mill, not on the side of the bridge with the mill. Creek will be on your left.

The infamous tree across the creek is located east of Black Rock Rd.
Here's an adventure for you, try to find it. Clue, it's not on the trail.


The 'Rustin Parr' house is 38 miles northeast from the park
Go back up Black Rock Rd to Rt118 and turn left
Pass over I-270
Turn left on Rt355
Turn right on to Rt27 and follow for the next 16 miles
Rt27 makes a left turn in Damascus so be careful you don't miss it
Take I-70 east towards Baltimore
Exit at Rt32 North (exit 80)
Turn right on to Rt99
Turn left at Woodstock Road. There is a small ice cream place on the corner to your left
You will pass over the Patapsco River
Turn left on Hernwood Road
Shortly you will see an abandoned armory on the right
Park your car on Hernwood* and walk back down the road until you see a track leading behind the armory
(if you are facing the armory, walk to the right and up the right side) Walk this track keeping the fence on your left
You will walk down hill and then up
Look to your left and the house is visible through the trees
Have fun looking but take care not to injure yourself
If you go into the house stay off any stairway as the wood is rotten

The house has been torn down since this was writen - I don't know what's there now. If you take the opposite side (left side) of the armory and follow its side you will see a really spooky abandoned building. Keep going and you will eventually find ruins of an old house I found on the first trip to Parr's house 4 years ago. These ruins are very, very spooky and similar to BOS ruins. Fun to explore! An added bonus!

* - The residents along Hernwood may tell you that they will call the police. You are parked on a public road and you will be entering Patapsco State Park, which is a public park. As long as you conduct yourselves
properly you should have no worries. Watch out for all the debris scattered about, especially broken glass and the barbed wire on the ground. The house has been damaged enough already so please don't add to it. The stairway leading to the basement has been destroyed. There are supposed to be some NO TRESPASSING signs up. Going in to the house is up to you. - I wish we could go back in time!

[LunaSea]

You are awesome, EO m'dear. As always.

Thank you! ;D

[EllysOwl]

You're so welcome!

[Scardy]

You're giving directions? Cool! And Scary! I've enough nightmares, please, my hold on reality has already been shaken too far. PLEASE TELL ME IT WASN'T REAL! *Scardy went byebye for a moment.*
Okay, I'm cool. Too bad I'm too far away to visit Maryland, I'd love *Let's think about this for a moment* to see some of these spots.

[unfinishedthought]

oh i wish i could visit. how you described it reminds me of the british countryside. i went camping this summer and it really sounds like it. my friends been to maryland before. how big is maryland in whole?

[Scardy]

Not very big. not very big at all. But it's very high. In latitude that is.

[Elizabeth18]

Me and my dad had took the directions that you gave us. But the only thing we did find was ruins on the left side. I started walking down a trail and I came up to a place that had what I think was to be a basement but was pretty small a tree had grown through it on the right side. I walked further down the trail and There it looked to be like a spring. With a tall rock formation. It was cool looking. Anyways I kept hearing a loud noise every few minutes dont know what it wsas though.. Now for Coffin Rock. Is it close by a rock formation? My dad and I parked at the old mill we walked down the road to a sign that said Seneca Park 1.4 miles we walked down it for a little bit and came to this rock formation. But i dont remember the rock being tall and very large. I thought it was more like a sandbar but with little rocks on it forming what looked to be a rock...

[scaredshiatless]

you people want to go to these places? i would be to scared to wander out in the woods like that. Hell Im scared to go camping now

[MJ]

hey thanx for the directions i acctually came from Darwin to there and i follow exactly what you said thanx..
MJ

[brian]

How populated is this area around the park?

[andrejaz]

thanks for the info, gotta go there someday

[nicole]

i wish i could go there!! its got to be so cool! but kind of freekey at the same time right?

[Marco]

Yeah. I wish I could go there too. And I will. I wanna visit the woods where they shot blair witch project and the woods where they shot blair witch 2 and the normal woods at the west of burkittsville

[paganjava]

Been there (Burkittsville and the woods) several times. I live about 50 miles east of them. "Parr's" house is probably closer to me than Burkittsville. I pass the armory off of RT 99 twice a week on my way to martial arts.

[grant158]

I wonder how it would go if i situated myself in an old house in the woods and went apeshit on people... Just a thought wont do it but i think it would be an adventure.

[jchisholm]

Has anyone been to where the cemetary (the rock piles) was located?

[emma08]

wtf
theres a blair witch 2
?

[DanLaw83]

hey paganjava, could you provide some pics?

[Sz]

Yeah man some pic would be nice.

[EllysOwl]

Gosh, it seems like forever ago since I last visited. I'd love to go again too. I know the house has been torn down as it was way too dangerous for visitors to trespass. You never know who was lurking inside. Heather...Josh!!! I did get some awesome video, maybe one of these days I will figure out how to download it.

[Sz]

Feb 24, 2009 21:12:09 GMT -6 EllysOwl said:

Gosh, it seems like forever ago since I last visited. I'd love to go again too. I know the house has been torn down as it was way too dangerous for visitors to trespass. You never know who was lurking inside. Heather...Josh!!! I did get some awesome video, maybe one of these days I will figure out how to download it.

Long time no see!

[EllysOwl]

I have been away for too long. Something called me back. I have been very busy with life and career. Now, I feel like it's time to reconnect with old friends. I hope you will allow me back into your woods!

[fleetstreetfilms]

I had the pleasure of visiting Burkittsville, MD in the summer of 2002. The hype had died down by this point, so we were the only ones there. Very quiet, very peaceful little town. The locals seemed nice, though no one spoke directly to us. We visited the cemetery during our trip, which was pretty cool. I'll have to post up pictures sometime.

I am disappointed, though not surprised, that the Rustin Parr house has been demolished. I've always talked about visiting it sometime.

According to a YouTube user who took his video camera to the various BWP locations a year or two ago, there is virtually no evidence that the house was even there to begin with. The basement has been filled in with dirt and grass, trees, and shrubbery surround where the foundation of the house was located. Basically, there's nothing left.

[libertyman03]

The directions were great...very exact and easy to follow. Coffin Rock is actually very beautiful, as is the old mill that is not in the movie. Thank you for the directions...I hope to visit again! Also, if anyone has the location of the rock pile area, I would love to see that too!

[mcbride22]

i wanna know if you can camp in those woods and directions to the black hills. i wanna camp and stay. can someone help me out