Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Browning Run Trail & Purdum Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Browning Run Trail & Purdum Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Lewisdale, MD. It climbs 337 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi469 – 653 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Purdum Trail 39.27462, -77.25195
Nearest town Lewisdale, MD

Directions

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Browning Run Trail & Purdum Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 468–654 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: Purdum Trail · 39.27462, -77.25195

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purdum Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right onto Browning Run Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miReach Purdum Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 1.1 miTurn left onto Purdum Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.8 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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