Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Blockhouse Trail, 3 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 59 min
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Blockhouse Trail, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rive Gauche Estates, MD. The route reaches Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Blockhouse Trail, 3 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 59 min
Elevation 181–406 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: Blockhouse Trail · 39.07090, -77.30953
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blockhouse Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blockhouse Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blockhouse Trail Trailhead
- Blockhouse Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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