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Muddy Branch Park

Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Park near Fernshire Farms, MD. The route reaches Lake Varuna. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi299 – 413 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.12686, -77.22508
Nearest town Fernshire Farms, MD
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Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 299–413 ft

Out & Back · Muddy Branch Park

Trailhead: 39.12686, -77.22508

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 100 ftPass Lake Varuna.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miReach Lake Varuna, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftArrive 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/lake-halcyon-lake-varuna-out-back-3-lakes-8-km

Trail surface

75% dirt23% paved2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

Hikes near Fernshire Farms, Maryland