Canyon Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 4 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Riverwood, MD. It climbs 290 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 394 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Montgomery County Parks 39.06603, -77.30436
Nearest town Riverwood, MD
Directions
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Canyon Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 4 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 59 min
Elevation 252–393 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Springhouse Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fawn Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Upland Woods Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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 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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