Azalea Garden–40th Anniversary Grove, 5 groves is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Burnt Mills, MD. The route passes Burnt Mills Reservoir, Burnt Mills Reservoir and 40th Anniversary Grove before reaching Azalea Garden at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 277 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi230 – 335 ft8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rachel Carson Greenway Trail 39.03116, -77.00614
Nearest town Burnt Mills, MD
Directions
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Azalea Garden–40th Anniversary Grove, 5 groves
7.9 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 231–335 ft
Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park
Trailhead: Rachel Carson Greenway Trail · 39.03116, -77.00614
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Transit-accessible: Burnt Mills Southbound & stop 114 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Burnt Mills Reservoir.
- 0.4 miPass Burnt Mills Reservoir.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass 40th Anniversary Grove.
- 50 ftBear right onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pine Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Warbler Way, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Azalea Garden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pine Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
90% dirt8% gravel1% paved1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:07 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Burnt Mills Southbound & stop 114 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Trailhead
- Natural shelter–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 3 rocks 12.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Burnt Mills Reservoir via Northwest Branch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 146 ft
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