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Best Helicopter Tours In Baltimore

Baltimore is a harbor city with two major sports stadiums and loads of historical landmarks. Baltimore county is a beautiful land which ranges in scenery from rural to urban, tree-bristled peaks to stretches of choppy waters and even more historical landmarks. Now viewing all of this from the air is, of course, ideal — but it's something you don't just want to zip over in an airplane. This is why the helicopter tour has been a staple of the tourist industry in Baltimore for ages. Book one of the following tours to get your best look at Baltimore today!
Adrenaline 365
4409 Llewellyn Ave.
Fort Meade, MD 20755
(888) 992-3736
www.adrenaline365.com

Adrenaline 365 books intense experiences such as skydiving, balloon-rides, supercars and so-forth all over the world. But one of its more enjoyable experiences in Baltimore is its helicopter rides. Taking off from Fort Meade, this ride takes participants zooming over the Inner Harbor — the most scenic section of Charm City (from the air, at least), and then over both the Orioles and the Ravens stadiums. The helicopter then veers southward and makes a final pass down to BWI Airport, where riders will get to experience the takeoffs and landings of jumbo jets from the vantage of the helicopter windows.

Monumental Helicopters
7505 General Aviation Drive, Suite 100
Fort Meade, MD 20755
(410) 491-4354
www.monumentalhelicopters.com

Monumental Helicopters serves the greater Baltimore/Annapolis/Washington area with tours, romantic rides, aerial photography and flight training. So if you're looking for a company with some chops when it comes to choppers, go Monumental Helicopters.

Its Baltimore tours include a  "quick look" tour which promises to give guests a sight and tell of Baltimore history, starting from Fort McHenry then heading down to the Inner Harbor, buzzing the two sports stadiums and visiting the historic neighborhood of Federal Hill — all in about 25 minutes. For a better look at the city, take the 35-minute "best of" tour, which includes all of the attractions listed above, but adds in a few more — including circling the World Trade Center, a visit the the equally historic neighborhood of Fells Point and a look at Bethlehem Steel, the headquarters for Under Armour, Domino Sugar and Natty Boh. Book the Annapolis+Baltimore tour and get all this plus a pass over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and a tour of Annapolis, too.

Helicopters Over Baltimore
(888) 519-3853
www.helicoptersoverbaltimore.com

Helicopters Over Baltimore is a charter service, meaning they don't offer specific tours so much as they do a service. That service is to take your requested date, time, route, number of people, budget and the type of occasion (birthday celebration, romantic evening for two, sight-seeing event, etc.) and match a helicopter ride to your needs. This kind of tailor fitting makes Helicopters Over Baltimore a great service if you are looking for something a little less cookie cutter and mundane than a pre-arranged tour, and something to really impress your friend, family, coworkers or sweetheart.

Related: Best Museum Tours In Baltimore

GrandView Aviation
2775 Lighthouse Point E.
Baltimore, MD 21224
(800) 609-8159
www.flybhs.com

Formerly "Baltimore Helicopter Services," GrandView has now expanded its purview of aviation to jets. But this means no less quality in its charter helicopter services. The swanky line of helicopters which GrandView provides are the limousines of the skies, with noise canceling and cushy interiors. The tours which GrandView provides include spectacles such as the Baltimore City skyline, the Legg Mason Tower, the sports stadiums and the towering One World Trade Center.

Baltimore Helicopter Charters
(866) 826-4826
www.baltimore-helicopter-charters.com

Baltimore Helicopter Charters ties together a network of Helicopter owners across Maryland so that, when you call, it will reserve the proper flight for you from its network. This gives you access to a much larger selection of tours while keeping the overall costs relatively low. Some of these rides can get you out of the city proper and give you a view of the larger Baltimore county, making this an appropriate call to make if you want to take in scenery that is less urban in flavor.

Related: Baltimore's Best Guided Tours (Even For Locals)

Joel Furches is a freelance writer and researcher for The Examiner and Logos Software, and also manages his own catalog of writing on Hub Pages. Joel is on the board of directors for Ratio Christi. He has a bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Education.
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