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Rachel Carson Conservation Park

Chestnut Oak Trail & Fern Valley Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 50 min

Chestnut Oak Trail & Fern Valley Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Rachel Carson Conservation Park near Flintridge, MD. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi410 – 574 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.22480, -77.07294
Nearest town Flintridge, MD
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Chestnut Oak Trail & Fern Valley Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 50 min

Elevation 410–573 ft

Out & Back · Rachel Carson Conservation Park

Trailhead: 39.22480, -77.07294

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Chestnut Oak Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fern Valley Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miReach Chestnut Oak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Chestnut Oak Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chestnut-oak-trail-fern-valley-trail-out-back-4-km-d096

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 4 min before dark.

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