AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Gunners Lake

2 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 43 min

Gunners Lake is a 2-mile out-and-back near The Colony, MD. The route reaches Gunners Lake at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 469 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17368, -77.26523
Nearest town The Colony, MD
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Gunners Lake

2 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 43 min

Elevation 340–469 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.17368, -77.26523

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Transit-accessible: Germantown stop 472 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miPass Gunners Lake.
  4. 0.2 miReach Gunners Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gunners-lake-out-back-3-km-cb89

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Germantown stop 472 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near The Colony, Maryland