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.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 515 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18653, -77.41938
Nearest town Beallsville, MD

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Meadow Loop, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftSharp left onto Potomac Hunt Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach Big Woods Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto Fields Edge Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto High Point Trail, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Straight Shot Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 350 ftSharp left onto Meadow Loop, heading W.
  20. 500 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  21. 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

3% gravel97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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