Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Pepco Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Pepco Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Ancient Oak North, MD. It climbs 416 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pepco Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 272–444 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: 39.12092, -77.27100
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Pepco Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Pepco Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Hadcon Trail via Seneca Ridge Trail 3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
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