Seneca Creek State Park

Creekside–Happy Valley, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Creekside–Happy Valley, 4 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Brownstown, MD. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 384 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.13516, -77.29179
Nearest town Brownstown, MD

Directions

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Creekside–Happy Valley, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 264–384 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park

Trailhead: 39.13516, -77.29179

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.5 miTurn right onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Creekside, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Sioux Lane Connector, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Power Line Connector, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Pueblo Road Connector, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Happy Valley, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miReach Seneca Greenway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Pueblo Road Connector, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto Power Line Connector, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear left onto Sioux Lane Connector, heading N.
  16. 300 ftBear left onto Creekside, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  18. 1.6 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.9 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

97% dirt3% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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