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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

  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. 0.4 miTurn left onto Springhouse Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fawn Trail, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftSharp right onto Upland Woods Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left onto Canyon Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 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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