Best hikes in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Ambleway maps 44 hikes in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, from a 1.9-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 23 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Browning Run Trail & Purdum Trail. The biggest climb is Hadcon Trail–Powerline Trail, 3 sights, gaining 617 ft, and the network tops out at 774 ft.
- Seneca Creek State Park Beach & Seneca Bluffs Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 274 ft
- Heaters Island & Potomac River via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Logger's Trail–Mound Builder, 4 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 575 ft
- New Cut Trail & Scott Branch Loop 5.3 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Central Park Pond–Diabase Trail, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Breezy Equestrian Trail & Kay Family Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Prescott Road–Timber Ridge Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Browning Run Trail & Purdum Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 337 ft
- Hard Cider Trail–Hyattstown Mill Road, 5 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Hard Cider Trail–Kingsley Trail, 5 sights 6 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Blue Mash Hiking Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Prescott Road & Timber Ridge Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Bucklodge Loop–Jewel Weed Way, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Rachel Carson Greenway & River Otter Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Seneca Bluffs Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Big Oak Trail–Hard Cider Trail, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Little Seneca Lake–Bucklodge Loop, 5 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Diabase Trail 2 mi · ▲ 88 ft
- Red Trail via Yellow Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Froggy Hollow Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 152 ft
- Purdum Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 207 ft
- Browning Run Trail–Hard Cider Trail, 5 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Orange Trail–White Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 226 ft
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- Clopper Lake–Central Park Pond, 10 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Hadcon Trail–Powerline Trail, 3 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 617 ft
- Potomac River & Potomac Heritage Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Meadow Loop & Monoacacy Loop 3.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Hoyles Mill Trail 2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Meadow Loop–Stone Barn Loop, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Seneca Creek Greenway Trail & Seneca Greenway Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Seneca Greenway & Seneca Bluffs Trail & Seneca Greenway Shared use 2.3 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Meadow Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Woodcock Hollow Trail via Pine Grove Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Chestnut Oak Trail & Fern Valley Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Fields Edge Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Hoyles Mill-Connector via Powerline Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Oak Drive Trail & Oak Ridge Loop Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Lock 27 2.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Pile Of Rocks–Quartz Rock Outcropping, 6 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Dark Branch Trail–Pine Grove Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- Big Woods Loop Trail–Fields Edge Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Bennett Ridge Trail–Dark Branch Trail, 5 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Greenburg Challenge Loop–Meadow Loop Loop, 5 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Red Trail & Yellow Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft