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Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rushville, MD. It climbs 549 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 394 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.07175, -77.32795
Nearest town Rushville, MD
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Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Elevation 188–392 ft

Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Trailhead: 39.07175, -77.32795

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Calithea Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 1.7 miReach Calithea Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.7 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miArrive 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-4-sights

Trail surface

47% dirt1% gravel52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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