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Lois Y. Green Conservation Park

Blue Bird Loop Trail–Old Field Loop Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Blue Bird Loop Trail–Old Field Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lois Y. Green Conservation Park near Flower Hill, MD. It is mostly level, with 221 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 522 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Butterfly Trail 39.17134, -77.17528
Nearest town Flower Hill, MD
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Blue Bird Loop Trail–Old Field Loop Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 435–522 ft

Out & Back · Lois Y. Green Conservation Park

Trailhead: Butterfly Trail · 39.17134, -77.17528

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Transit-accessible: Strawberry Knoll Rd & Quail Valley Blvd stop 705 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Butterfly Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Two Pond Loop, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Two Pond Loop - Connector, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Old Field Loop Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Bird Loop Trail, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miReach Two Pond Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftSharp left onto Old Field Loop Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Two Pond Loop - Connector, heading SW.
  14. 500 ftTurn right onto Two Pond Loop, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butterfly Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-bird-loop-trail-old-field-loop-trail-out-back-4-sights-6-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Strawberry Knoll Rd & Quail Valley Blvd stop 705 m from the trailhead

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