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Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Riverwood, MD. It climbs 358 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 394 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Montgomery County Parks 39.06603, -77.30436
Nearest town Riverwood, MD
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Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 197–392 ft

Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Trailhead: Montgomery County Parks · 39.06603, -77.30436

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.9 miReach Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 50 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/calithea-trail-muddy-branch-greenway-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

1% gravel1% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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