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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Bypass, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading NE.
  8. 3.8 miBear left onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Goshen Branch trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miReach Lower Magruder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 3.8 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Bypass, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 1.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

83% dirt11% paved6% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM

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