Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Big Oak Trail–Logger's Trail, 5 sights

7 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Big Oak Trail–Logger's Trail, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Lewisdale, MD. It climbs 575 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi427 – 659 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Purdum Trail 39.27462, -77.25195
Nearest town Lewisdale, MD

Directions

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Big Oak Trail–Logger's Trail, 5 sights

7 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 426–658 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: Purdum Trail · 39.27462, -77.25195

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purdum Trail, heading W.
  3. 1 miBear right onto Logger's Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Acorn Hollow Trail, heading S.
  11. 400 ftTurn left onto Big Oak Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Little Oak Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Nature Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftReach Purdum Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Camping Ridge Road, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Oak Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Acorn Hollow Trail, heading E.
  19. 400 ftContinue straight onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Logger's Trail, heading NE.
  26. 1.2 miBear left onto Purdum Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

95% dirt4% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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