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Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Browning Run Trail–Hard Cider Trail, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Browning Run Trail–Hard Cider Trail, 5 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near The Ponderosa, MD. It climbs 340 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 650 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Browning Run Trail 39.27671, -77.27553
Nearest town The Ponderosa, MD
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Browning Run Trail–Hard Cider Trail, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 444–649 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: Browning Run Trail · 39.27671, -77.27553

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Browning Run Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.1 miTurn right onto Purdum Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Purdum Alternate, heading S.
  4. 500 ftTurn right onto Purdum Trail, heading S.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Kingsley Road, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Froggy Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Kingsley Road, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Kingsley Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hard Cider Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Logger's Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Pine Knob Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Browning Run Trail, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftArrive 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/browning-run-trail-hard-cider-trail-out-back-5-sights-7-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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