Golf in Ilchester

Ilchester is a Howard County community in the Patapsco River gorge below Ellicott City, a historic mill village site where the Old Main Line of the B&O Railroad carved its way through resistant metamorphic rock along the river's north bank. The gorge here is dramatic by Maryland standards—steep wooded hillsides, the river churning through rock outcrops, the remnants of old mills and railroads visible along the trail. Timbers at Troy Golf Course occupies the higher terrain above the gorge in this transitional landscape where Howard County's suburban development meets the preserved Patapsco Valley State Park lands. The Patapsco Valley State Park's extensive trail system and the river's year-round recreational use make Ilchester a community embedded in genuine natural amenity, with the golf course providing a companion recreational option to the hiking and cycling that define outdoor life here.