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Lois Y. Green Conservation Park

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

5 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Blue Bird Loop Trail–Old Field Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Lois Y. Green Conservation Park near Charlene, MD. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 522 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17651, -77.17883
Nearest town Charlene, MD
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Blue Bird Loop Trail–Old Field Loop Trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 415–522 ft

Out & Back · Lois Y. Green Conservation Park

Trailhead: 39.17651, -77.17883

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Butterfly Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Two Pond Loop, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Two Pond Loop - Connector, heading E.
  8. 500 ftBear left onto Old Field Loop Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Bird Loop Trail, heading W.
  10. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miReach Two Pond Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 450 ftSharp left onto Old Field Loop Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Two Pond Loop - Connector, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Two Pond Loop, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butterfly Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 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-8-km

Trail surface

80% dirt3% paved1% gravel16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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