Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Great Seneca Highway Sidepath & Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 499 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Great Seneca Highway Sidepath & Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Mills Farm East, MD. It climbs 499 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Great Seneca Highway Sidepath & Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
9.1 mi · ▲ 499 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Elevation 271–465 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: Horse Center Connector · 39.08957, -77.24838
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Center Connector, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.9 miReach Lowline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lowline, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Horse Center Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Horse Center Connector Trailhead
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Lake Varuna–Lowline, 4 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Lake Halcyon–Lake Varuna, 4 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Lowline & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 284 ft
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