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Black Hill Regional Park

Little Seneca Lake–Lake Churchill, 3 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Little Seneca Lake–Lake Churchill, 3 lakes is a 5-mile out-and-back in Black Hill Regional Park near North Germantown, MD. The route passes Lake Churchill, Lake Churchill and Little Seneca Lake before reaching Little Seneca Reservoir Beach at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi387 – 482 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19078, -77.27340
Nearest town North Germantown, MD
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Little Seneca Lake–Lake Churchill, 3 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 387–484 ft

Out & Back · Black Hill Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.19078, -77.27340

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miPass Lake Churchill.
  4. 0.4 miPass Lake Churchill.
  5. 50 ftPass Little Seneca Lake.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Black Hill Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 400 ftContinue straight onto Hard Rock Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Hill Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miPass Little Seneca Reservoir Beach.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 450 ftReach Little Seneca Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hard Rock Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Black Hill Trail, heading N.
  16. 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/little-seneca-lake-lake-churchill-out-back-4-lakes-8-km

Trail surface

83% paved10% dirt1% boardwalk6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:49 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:10 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:36 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near North Germantown, Maryland