Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Big Woods Loop Trail & Fields Edge Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 58 min
Big Woods Loop Trail & Fields Edge Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Beallsville, MD. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Woods Loop Trail & Fields Edge Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 58 min
Elevation 384–515 ft
Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Trailhead: 39.18653, -77.41938
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Meadow Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Potomac Hunt Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Big Woods Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Fields Edge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto High Point Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Straight Shot Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Meadow Loop, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Meadow Loop & Monoacacy Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Greenburg Challenge Loop–Meadow Loop Loop, 5 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 223 ft
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