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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

  1. Start on Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading N.
  15. 450 ftReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftContinue straight onto Balls Bluff Road Northeast, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  21. 400 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  22. 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  26. 100 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Battlefield Parkway Trail, heading NW.
  29. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  30. 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

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