Browns Farm Nature Loop–Browns Farm Trail, 4 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Foxville, MD. It climbs 1,021 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,211 – 1,611 ft6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Browns Farm Trail 39.64548, -77.48733
Nearest town Foxville, MD
Directions
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Browns Farm Nature Loop–Browns Farm Trail, 4 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 1,021 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,211–1,611 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Browns Farm Trail · 39.64548, -77.48733
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Browns Farm Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Browns Farm Nature Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Browns Farm Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Browns Farm Nature Loop, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Browns Farm Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 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
76% dirt24% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Browns Farm Trail Trailhead
- Browns Farm Nature Loop & Browns Farm Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Cunningham Falls via Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Adirondack Horse Trail–Browns Farm Nature Loop, 5 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 967 ft
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