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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Rock Garden, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach Lowline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Rock Garden, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 2 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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