Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Park near Stonebridge, MD. The route reaches Lake Varuna. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 310–424 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Park
Trailhead: 39.10124, -77.21596
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
No dogs on part of this route · 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.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miPass Lake Varuna.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Varuna, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 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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Weather
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
- No dogs on part of this route
- 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
- Inspiration Lake & Lake Nirvana via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Lake Varuna & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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