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Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Fields Edge Trail & Greenburg Challenge Loop

3.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Fields Edge Trail & Greenburg Challenge Loop is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Big Woods Acres, MD. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 545 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19242, -77.40441
Nearest town Big Woods Acres, MD
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Fields Edge Trail & Greenburg Challenge Loop

3.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 348–544 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: 39.19242, -77.40441

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto High Point Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading S.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Straight Shot Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftBear left onto Meadow Loop, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Greenburg Challenge Loop, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftReach Fields Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Meadow Loop, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 300 ftBear right onto Potomac Hunt Trail Loop, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fields Edge Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Straight Shot Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fields Edge Trail, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto High Point Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.2 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/fields-edge-trail-greenburg-challenge-loop-out-back-5-km-eb1b

Trail surface

2% gravel98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 0 min before dark.

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