Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Lake Varuna–Lowline, 4 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Lake Varuna–Lowline, 4 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Mills Farm East, MD. The route reaches Lake Varuna. It climbs 306 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Varuna–Lowline, 4 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 271–384 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: Horse Center Connector · 39.08957, -77.24838
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Center Connector, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miPass Lake Varuna.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Orchard Ridge Drive Sidepath, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Lake Varuna, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Horse Center Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Horse Center Connector Trailhead
- Great Seneca Highway Sidepath & Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 499 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Lake Halcyon–Lake Varuna, 4 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Lowline & Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 284 ft
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