Little Seneca Lake–Cabin Branch Trail, 5 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Little Seneca Lake–Cabin Branch Trail, 5 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Black Hill Regional Park near Burdette, MD. The route reaches Little Seneca Lake. It climbs 352 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi387 – 541 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cabin Branch Trail 39.20085, -77.29473
Nearest town Burdette, MD
Directions
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Little Seneca Lake–Cabin Branch Trail, 5 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 387–542 ft
Out & Back · Black Hill Regional Park
Trailhead: Cabin Branch Trail · 39.20085, -77.29473
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cabin Branch Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Little Seneca Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Hamilton Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Black Hill Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Crystal Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Little Seneca Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Hill Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Field Crest Spur, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Hamilton Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
87% dirt6% paved3% boardwalk4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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