Green Trail via Battlefield Parkway Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park near Leesburg, VA. It climbs 343 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi223 – 341 ft6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Battlefield Parkway Trail 39.12415, -77.54901
Nearest town Leesburg, VA
Directions
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Green Trail via Battlefield Parkway Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 222–341 ft
Out & Back · Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park
Trailhead: Battlefield Parkway Trail · 39.12415, -77.54901
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Transit-accessible: Battlefield Pkwy & Plaza St stop 110 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading N.
- 450 ftReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
54% paved16% dirt5% gravel25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Battlefield Pkwy & Plaza St stop 110 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Battlefield Parkway Trail Trailhead
- Battlefield Parkway Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Yellow Trail via Battlefield Parkway Trail 5 mi · ▲ 251 ft
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