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Lowline & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Stonebridge, MD. It climbs 532 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 423 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10124, -77.21596
Nearest town Stonebridge, MD

Directions

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Lowline & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 208–424 ft

Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Trailhead: 39.10124, -77.21596

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading S.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading W.
  10. 450 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  11. 3.1 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Rock Garden, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.6 miReach Lowline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Rock Garden, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 2 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading SE.
  18. 400 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading SE.
  20. 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading N.
  21. 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt15% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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