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.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 384 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Center Connector 39.08957, -77.24838
Nearest town Mills Farm East, MD

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Horse Center Connector, heading NE.
  2. 400 ftSharp right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Backbreaker, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto Lowline, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 1.2 miPass Lake Varuna.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miBear left onto Orchard Ridge Drive Sidepath, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftReach Lake Varuna, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 150 ftTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  23. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading SW.
  27. 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading E.
  28. 400 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading SE.
  29. 100 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading S.
  30. 400 ftBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left onto Horse Center Connector, heading SW.
  32. 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 surface

85% dirt15% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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