Great Seneca Stream Valley Park
Goshen Branch trail–Lower Magruder Bypass, 3 sights
16 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Goshen Branch trail–Lower Magruder Bypass, 3 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Great Seneca Stream Valley Park near Chesney, MD. It climbs 551 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi354 – 699 ft16.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27197, -77.21389
Nearest town Chesney, MD
Directions
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Goshen Branch trail–Lower Magruder Bypass, 3 sights
16 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 355–699 ft
Out & Back · Great Seneca Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: 39.27197, -77.21389
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Bypass, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading NE.
- 3.8 miBear left onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Goshen Branch trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Lower Magruder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 3.8 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Bypass, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
83% dirt11% paved6% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM
More from this trailhead
- Lower Magruder Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Lower Magruder Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Lower Magruder Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 231 ft
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