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Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

Green Trail via Orange Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Green Trail via Orange Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park near Leesburg, VA. It climbs 347 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 331 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Battlefield Parkway Trail 39.11409, -77.52619
Nearest town Leesburg, VA
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Green Trail via Orange Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 222–332 ft

Out & Back · Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

Trailhead: Battlefield Parkway Trail · 39.11409, -77.52619

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Dicks Sporting Goods stop 594 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading N.
  10. 350 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  18. 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 450 ftTurn left onto Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading S.
  25. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/green-trail-out-back-54ae

Trail surface

36% dirt14% paved1% gravel49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Dicks Sporting Goods stop 594 m from the trailhead

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