The Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks owns, manages, and maintains the trail.

[2] At present, the Jones Falls Trail begins in downtown Baltimore and winds its way north to the Cylburn neighborhood.

The trail begins by running along a segregated path along the west side of the Inner Harbor, alongside Light Street and beginning at the Conway Street intersection; the sidepath continues south from there as part of the Gwynns Falls Trail.

After passing the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, the Trail returns to the west side of the road, separated from MD 25 by a reverse barrier and trees, running right against the bank of the Jones Falls.

The Trail turns west here, passing high over the Jones Falls once more and crossing I-83 once again, continuing to climb out of the valley as it approaches Druid Hill Park.

In Woodberry, the Jones Falls Trail becomes an on-street route once more, entering on Parkdale Avenue.

Beyond here, the Jones Falls Trail continues to the north at Tamarind Road, following its own unique alignment just to the east of the street.

It then follows Rogers Ave until Wildwood Lane and from there curves Northward on its own alignment, into a segment that mostly consists of boardwalk.

That segment eventually leads into Newbury Street and ends at Kelly Avenue, close to Mount Washington Light Rail Station.

[3] A proposal to extend the greenway west to Fallstaff Road, near Park Heights Avenue, was rejected in 2005.

Phase I is the oldest section of the Jones Falls Trail, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) stretch from Penn Station to Druid Hill Park completed in 2004.

Phase III, the 2.75-mile (4.43 km) stretch between Druid Hill Park and the Woodberry Light Rail stop, was completed in 2008.