Hoyles Mill-Connector–Long Draught South, 5 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Hoyles Mill-Connector–Long Draught South, 5 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Willow Ridge, MD. It climbs 482 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hoyles Mill-Connector–Long Draught South, 5 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 264–439 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.12528, -77.26553
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Connector, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Long Draught South, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Hoyles Mill-Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Long Draught South, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Long Draught South, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Connector, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 4.3 mi in (~116 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Long Draught South–Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 536 ft
- Long Draught South–Seneca Creek Greenway, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 277 ft
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