Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Big Woods Loop Trail–Fields Edge Trail, 7 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Big Woods Loop Trail–Fields Edge Trail, 7 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Big Woods Acres, MD. It climbs 420 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 528 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18490, -77.40557
Nearest town Big Woods Acres, MD

Directions

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Big Woods Loop Trail–Fields Edge Trail, 7 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 348–530 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: 39.18490, -77.40557

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftSharp left onto Meadow Loop, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Greenburg Challenge Loop, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Stone Barn Loop, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wasche Field Loop, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Orchard Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Farm Road Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Stone Barn Loop, heading N.
  14. 1.5 miSharp left onto Greenburg Challenge Loop, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Meadow Loop, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftSharp left onto Potomac Hunt Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto High Point Trail, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% gravel99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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