Brookeville Knolls Trail & Olney Mill Family Park Trails

3.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Brookeville Knolls Trail & Olney Mill Family Park Trails is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Olney Town, MD. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 541 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15742, -77.06688
Nearest town Olney Town, MD

Directions

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Brookeville Knolls Trail & Olney Mill Family Park Trails

3.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 425–540 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.15742, -77.06688

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Georgia Av at Olney-Laytonsville Rd stop 515 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Brookeville Knolls Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Olney Mill Family Park Trails, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miReach Brookeville Knolls Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Brookeville Knolls Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 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

40% paved2% dirt58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:50 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:37 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Georgia Av at Olney-Laytonsville Rd stop 515 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead