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.
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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
- Start on Brookeville Knolls Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Olney Mill Family Park Trails, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Brookeville Knolls Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Brookeville Knolls Trail, heading S.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Georgia Av at Olney-Laytonsville Rd stop 515 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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