Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Blockhouse Trail, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Farmlands, MD. The route reaches Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 422 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi187 – 394 ft5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Montgomery County Parks 39.07693, -77.28956
Nearest town Farmlands, MD
Directions
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Blockhouse Trail, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 188–392 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: Montgomery County Parks · 39.07693, -77.28956
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
- Start on Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 1.7 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
60% dirt1% gravel39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM
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