Lake Montebello

Fantastic park with historic value due to its 100 history of city water. The track around the lack is paved and packed with walkers, bikers, bladers, joggers. Families. Great place to picnic. Some park a car… put out a chair and listen to jazz.
The disc golf course is great. Goes into the woods and fields!

Great place to walk, talk, people watch and clear your mind. It has really come a long way in terms of being visually and structurally welcoming for walkers. It’s so peaceful to walk around the lake and they have exercise equipment around the track to use for free. Parking is always easy and very rarely will you be waking alone which makes one feel extra safe.

This is one of my favorite places in Baltimore, good for the soul type place especially early in the morning. It’s simply beautiful!

It’s a lake. It is awesome. Great place to bike, walk or jog during the day. Nice spot to have an outdoor luncheon if you can take the winter cold. Good times.

It is a extremely beautiful lake! Small but the water is so clean that I can use it as a mirror. The most beautiful place I have seen in Baltimore!

Time to get that evening walk in with my family. I’m ready the shed these unwanted pounds and get ready for Spring.

Nice easy track to walk, run and our bike. Lanes are divided for safety.
Many friendly regulars. Work out apparatus at various locations to add to the degree of your workout. Great view in a great location in Baltimore. I only did the lake, however, you can add another 2 miles by walking the river also.
Great find on my all trails app.

I’ve lived in Baltimore my entire life and this was the first time I’ve ever visited Lake Montebello. It was beautiful, well-​kept, and very clean. My son loved the playground and together we walked the route around the lake making sure to stop at each of the exercise stations. Everyone was friendly, we only encountered 3 people who must not of noticed the giant arrows guiding to which direction you should walk. My only complaint is there are no restrooms or port-​a-​pots to use.

This is a pretty spot in the middle of the city, good for walking, biking, or bringing a picnic. At 7:30pm, there were a fair number of people doing just those things, at least while it was still light out, so it feels pretty safe.
My fiancé just finished commenting how weird it was to see «normal» (as opposed to ghetto) people outside when several kids on bikes zoomed up to us, craning their necks around to scream nonsensical ching-​chong «Chinese» at us as they whizzed by. Thanks, racist kids. I’ve had my share of racist behavior from kids growing up, but while I certainly didn’t feel scared or threatened here, it was a bit more menacing because I saw them coming from 30 feet away and made eye contact with them as they deliberately came veering into our walking /​running lane. It was more annoying than anything, but it did make me briefly consider getting in their way to knock them off their bikes. A nice roundhouse kick might have shut them up, too.
The area immediately around the lake is well-​maintained, and there are signs asking people to pick up after their pets. However, there is some litter closer to the parking lot.
The elementary school right next to the parking lot provides a shaded «pavilion,» sans actual seating. The ground there consists of a couple tiers, and the steps make for a nice area to sit and cool down before getting back in the car if you don’t want to sit on grass.
As it was our first time here, I didn’t have a chance to check out the exercise stations yet, but they look like they’re in pretty good shape. They even have stationary bikes, which is an upgrade from most public /​outdoor exercise stations I’ve seen. This includes Pepperdine University in California, to the best of my recollection, which is a pricey private university.

Great cycle track if you’d like to break out the road bike and get your spin on.

A calm, lovely oasis in the middle of an urban jungle

Beautiful place to come and get your exercise on. Quiet and safe. Even if you don’t feel like exercising, you can come here and get a nice breeze and some meditation. I would highly recommend this spot!

This one of those things where the people who might read this are not at all the people who it’s meant for. That type likely doesn’t do a lot of reading. (sadly)
Did I not say there are arrows «big honking hard to miss» ones that tell you in which direction to travel based on rather you are walking or biking. Perhaps there is just some Baltimore thing of not following rules.
During school out times (was on furlough so did some early afternoon riding) — the kids will actually stand in the road and dare you to hit them. Darwinian in a way.

Not being a Baltimore native, I know how much Baltimore gets a bad rap… I used to talk smack about B-​more too… What outsiders don’t realize is that the Charm City is truly charming. Its things like Lake Montebello and so many other interesting places and neighborhood that make Baltimore really a great city.
Lake Montebello is just absolutely beautiful. The running and biking lanes around the Lake are amazing. Plus the exercise stations are great… encouraging people to be more active. It’s clean and new and fresh looking. I just hope that the residents will respect it and help maintain this gem.

Love running here… the only place better is along the promenade from Canton Waterpark to Inner Harbor, I will run there this week for my first twenty minute run in my life, ever. I also wish folks would adhere to the arrows… and I really believe that those who don’t simply want to be seen. Like the man in the full body Speedo with his protruding gonads coming toward me last Saturday. It was visual assault at its worst, I usually avoid eye contact with everyone because I am not there to make friends. But this was the one day I regret always looking downwards

I mean it’s a cool little workout spot. Used to come here to workout during college. I wouldn’t even think about it during the summer.

Nothing special about the lake, its not like you can swim in it and I don’t honestly know what its main purpose is. It is however an excellent place to exercise with multiple stations to stop and add a quick twist to your run. If people would actually run in the direction that the arrows are pointing and not get attitudes with those who are that would be cool.

Best place ever! I’m a 5 year veteran to Lake MONTEBELLO. :-)
They finally finished the construction that kept us pedestrians from going around the Lake. This is literally the perfect place for everyone. My husband and I joke about one of the exercise areas aptly naming it «Sing Sing». I mean the muscles and attitudes are abound. :-) Then you have the old-​timers who make anybody feel like Gladys Knight’s fine self.
Bikers out here are serious so stay in your respective lanes. :-)
This is a great place to tan, bird watch, save a tree, run, walk, people watch, detail a car and get in some Frisbee. Love lake montebello!

Lake Montebello is a beautiful and scenic place to run, walk or bike. There is a dedicated road/​loop around the lake for walkers, runners and bikers. It is smooth and paved. You an access the lake by car and park in the adjacent lot. You’ll find that it is a popular spot for those getting fit or just seeking a respite from the city.

My family and I (spouse and 2 sons, 5 and 6 years old) went to Lake Montebello for the first time this afternoon. It was great! The three of them rode their bikes and I skated. The asphalt was nice and even, the whole loop (1.3 miles) was nice and flat.
Parts of the loop run alongside the street with no division other than the white line on the road, so keep squirrely kids and animals nearby and/​or talk to them about staying within the line ahead of time.
There were guys polishing their cars on the far side of the loop, and they had their music up loud, which made the loop all the more fun. Everyone just seemed so happy to be out there.
The downsides to the loop have been mentioned in previous reviews – no bathrooms and no water fountains. There are also no spots to stop and take a break along the way, unless you want to sit on the curb.
We definitely plan to make Lake Montebello a regular part of our weekends!