Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Park near Fernshire Farms, MD. The route reaches Lake Varuna. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 310–443 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Park
Trailhead: 39.12897, -77.23306
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Quince Orchard Blvd & Diamond Dr stop 733 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Varuna.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Lake Varuna, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 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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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Quince Orchard Blvd & Diamond Dr stop 733 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Varuna–Lowline, 3 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 566 ft
- Inspiration Lake–Lake Varuna, 5 lakes 4.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Lake Placid–Lake Varuna, 5 lakes 4.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Lake Halcyon & Lake Varuna via Orchard Ridge Drive Sidepath 2.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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