AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes
Seneca trail and creek 355 to clopper 20200904 124237 1.jpg
G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 3.0
Seneca Creek State Park

Clopper Lake–Seneca Creek State Park Beach, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Clopper Lake–Seneca Creek State Park Beach, 6 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Brown, MD. The route passes Clopper Lake and Seneca Creek State Park Beach. It climbs 354 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 446 ft11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15262, -77.21249
Nearest town Brown, MD
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Clopper Lake–Seneca Creek State Park Beach, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Elevation 271–447 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park

Trailhead: 39.15262, -77.21249

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 58 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  11. 2.2 miTurn right onto Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca Trails, heading SW.
  12. 0.8 miPass Clopper Lake.
  13. 50 ftPass Seneca Creek State Park Beach.
  14. 400 ftTurn right onto Long Draught/Seneca Greenway Trails, heading S.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway-Shared Use, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftBear right onto Long Draught South, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miReach Clopper Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading S.
  20. 300 ftTurn right onto Seneca Creek Greenway-Shared Use, heading SE.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Long Draught/Seneca Greenway Trails, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca Trails, heading E.
  23. 0.9 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  24. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  30. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 0.1 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/clopper-lake-seneca-creek-state-park-beach-out-back-6-sights-17-km

Trail surface

80% dirt10% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM — 10 min before dark.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 58 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead

Hikes near Brown, Maryland