Black Hill Regional Park

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

  1. Start on Cabin Branch Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Little Seneca Lake.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto Hamilton Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Black Hill Trail, heading S.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Crystal Rock Trail, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miReach Little Seneca Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Hill Trail, heading W.
  14. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 400 ftSharp right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miBear right onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Field Crest Spur, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftTurn right onto Hamilton Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cabin Branch Trail, heading SW.
  22. 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