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Little Seneca Lake–Little Seneca Reservoir Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Black Hill Regional Park near Black Hill, MD. The route passes Little Seneca Lake and Little Seneca Reservoir Beach. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 512 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18977, -77.29048
Nearest town Black Hill, MD

Directions

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Little Seneca Lake–Little Seneca Reservoir Beach, 3 beaches

3.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 438–511 ft

Out & Back · Black Hill Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.18977, -77.29048

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Little Seneca Lake.
  3. 0.1 miPass Little Seneca Reservoir Beach.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Black Hill Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hard Rock Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right onto Field Crest Spur Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Rock Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miReach Little Seneca Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Field Crest Spur Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Rock Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Black Hill Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.2 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

68% dirt32% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead