Central Park Pond–Blue Trail (Corn Field), 6 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Blackrock Hills, MD. The route reaches Central Park Pond at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 578 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 427 ft10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Schaeffer Farms Trailhead 39.14281, -77.31031
Nearest town Blackrock Hills, MD
Directions
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Central Park Pond–Blue Trail (Corn Field), 6 sights
10 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Elevation 237–426 ft
Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Trailhead: Schaeffer Farms Trailhead · 39.14281, -77.31031
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Blue Trail (Corn Field), heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail (Corn Field), heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Yellow/Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Hoyles Mill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftPass Central Park Pond.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Central Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Diabase Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Yellow/Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail (Corn Field), heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail (Corn Field), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto White Loop, heading NE.
- 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
91% dirt8% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Schaeffer Farms Trailhead Trailhead
- Blue Trail (Corn Field)–Green Trail, 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Orange Trail & White Loop Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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