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40th Anniversary Grove–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Burnt Mills Manor, MD. The route passes Burnt Mills Reservoir before reaching 40th Anniversary Grove at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi233 – 331 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.03576, -77.00619
Nearest town Burnt Mills Manor, MD

Directions

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40th Anniversary Grove–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 233–331 ft

Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.03576, -77.00619

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Burnt Mills Southbound & stop 501 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftPass Burnt Mills Reservoir.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Connector, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading N.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miBear right onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
  10. 400 ftContinue straight onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading W.
  13. 450 ftBear right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Pine Lake Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftReach 40th Anniversary Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  25. 450 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading S.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading S.
  28. 450 ftBear left onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading E.
  29. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 350 ftTurn right onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Connector, heading E.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading E.
  33. 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

89% dirt9% gravel1% paved1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:08 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Burnt Mills Southbound & stop 501 m from the trailhead

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