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.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 466 ft9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Center Connector 39.08957, -77.24838
Nearest town Mills Farm East, MD

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Horse Center Connector, heading NE.
  2. 400 ftSharp right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 1.9 miReach Lowline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 1.2 miBear right onto Lowline, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading S.
  19. 350 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading E.
  20. 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left onto Horse Center Connector, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

51% paved48% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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