Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Big Woods Loop Trail–Greenburg Challenge Loop, 6 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 476 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Big Woods Loop Trail–Greenburg Challenge Loop, 6 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Beallsville, MD. It climbs 476 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 515 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wasche Field Loop 39.18317, -77.44403
Nearest town Beallsville, MD

Directions

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Big Woods Loop Trail–Greenburg Challenge Loop, 6 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 476 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 348–515 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: Wasche Field Loop · 39.18317, -77.44403

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

  1. Start on Wasche Field Loop, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Stone Barn Loop, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Greenburg Challenge Loop, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Two Bridges Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Loop, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  8. 300 ftBear right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Woods Loop Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miReach Wasche Field Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftBear left onto Meadow Loop, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftContinue straight onto Greenburg Challenge Loop, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miSharp right onto Stone Barn Loop, heading NW.
  21. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wasche Field Loop, heading S.
  23. 150 ftArrive 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 3.4 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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