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Central Park Pond & Powerline Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Brownstown, MD. The route reaches Central Park Pond. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 440 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.13516, -77.29179
Nearest town Brownstown, MD

Directions

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Central Park Pond & Powerline Trail

4 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 349–439 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: 39.13516, -77.29179

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.4 miBear right onto Hoyles Mill-Connector, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftPass Central Park Pond.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miReach Central Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
  16. 1.3 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

71% dirt15% paved12% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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