Blue Trail & Red Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Blue Trail & Red Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Rushville, MD. It climbs 334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail & Red Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 184–376 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.06073, -77.34269
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Potomac Heritage Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Potomac Heritage Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- DCWA 2.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
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