Blockhouse Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rive Gauche Estates, MD. It climbs 305 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi187 – 407 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blockhouse Trail 39.07090, -77.30953
Nearest town Rive Gauche Estates, MD
Directions
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Blockhouse Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 188–406 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: Blockhouse Trail · 39.07090, -77.30953
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blockhouse Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Blockhouse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blockhouse Trail, 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.
Trail surface
79% dirt1% gravel20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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