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id: "2265"
name: Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
distance: "71"
duration: 2 hours
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websites:
  - url: https://www.visitmaryland.org/scenic-byways/horses-hounds
    name: Maryland Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://preservationmaryland.org/historic-road-trip-marylands-horses-and-hounds-scenic-byway/
    name: Preservation Maryland
designations:
  - Maryland State Scenic Byway
states:
  - MD
ll:
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  - 39.47848900026713
bounds:
  - - -76.8378219996855
    - 39.402659999958985
  - - -76.38404800011511
    - 39.63423899982996

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The valleys and vistas of this route create the illusion that this byway has taken you into the English countryside. Fox hunting is still popular here, and the hunt races, as they're called, attract the country's best steeplechasers.