Maryland Route 225

Maryland Route 225 (MD 225) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Hawthorne Road, the state highway runs 10.59 miles (17.04 km) from MD 210 in Potomac Heights east to U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in La Plata. MD 225 connects La Plata, the county seat of Charles County, with Indian Head in the northwestern part of the county, which is home to Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center. The state highway was designated one of the original state roads by the Maryland State Roads Commission and constructed in the mid-1910s. MD 225 was reconstructed in the early 1950s, shortly after the highway's western terminus was moved to Potomac Heights following the completion of Indian Head Highway during World War II.

Route description

MD 225 begins at an intersection with MD 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Potomac Heights. The state highway heads south as a two-lane undivided road, descending into the forested bottomlands of Mattawoman Creek, where the highway crosses the Indian Head Rail Trail and intersects MD 224 (Livingston Road). The two highways join in a concurrency to cross the creek into the hamlet of Mason Springs, where MD 224 diverges to the west toward Marbury and MD 225 passes north of the historic home Araby. MD 225 heads southeast along the southern edge of Myrtle Grove Wildlife Management Area to the community of Ripley, where the highway curves east. At the hamlet of Marshalls Corner, the state highway intersects Marshall Corner Road, which heads north to Pomfret, and Rose Hill Road, which provides access to Thomas Stone National Historic Site. MD 225 passes north of the historic home Locust Grove before intersecting Valley Road and Mitchell Road at the corner of the Hawthorne Country Club.