Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 4 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Great Falls, MD. The route passes Black Pond and Carper's Pond. It climbs 447 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 331 ft12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Madison's Escape Trail 39.01810, -77.24616
Nearest town Great Falls, MD
Directions
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Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 4 sights
11.7 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 158–330 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park
Trailhead: Madison's Escape Trail · 39.01810, -77.24616
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Black Pond.
- 0.4 miPass Carper's Pond.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left onto DCWA, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto DCWA, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Green Trail, South, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Black Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto DCWA, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left onto DCWA, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Madison's Escape Trail Trailhead
- Patowmack Island–Carper's Pond, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Potomac Heritage Trail & Riverbend Road Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Potomac Heritage Viewpoint & Follow the Hollows Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail 2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Follow the Hollows Trail & Madison's Escape Trail Loop via Bootlegger Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
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