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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Hoyles Mill-Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftPass Central Park Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Central Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Powerline Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 168 ft
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