Inspiration Lake & Lake Nirvana via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Inspiration Lake & Lake Nirvana via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Kentlands Lakes Park near Stonebridge, MD. The route passes Inspiration Lake before reaching Lake Nirvana at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Inspiration Lake & Lake Nirvana via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 312–424 ft
Out & Back · Kentlands Lakes Park
Trailhead: 39.10124, -77.21596
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miPass Lake Nirvana.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Inspiration Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lowline & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 532 ft
- Lake Placid–Inspiration Lake, 5 lakes 6.1 mi · ▲ 214 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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