DCWA & Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 184 ft · 2 hr 58 min

DCWA & Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Rushville, MD. It is mostly level, with 184 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 335 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: DCWA 39.05375, -77.33394
Nearest town Rushville, MD

Directions

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DCWA & Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 184 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 185–336 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: DCWA · 39.05375, -77.33394

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

  1. Start on DCWA, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, no color, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miBear right onto Sugarland Run Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.2 miTurn right onto Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miReach DCWA, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading E.
  20. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto DCWA, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

73% dirt5% gravel4% paved18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

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