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Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park

Lower Magruder Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Lower Magruder Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park near Chesney, MD. It is mostly level, with 246 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi548 – 699 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27197, -77.21389
Nearest town Chesney, MD
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Lower Magruder Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 549–699 ft

Out & Back · Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park

Trailhead: 39.27197, -77.21389

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 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/lower-magruder-trail-out-back-7-km-c1d3

Trail surface

42% paved37% dirt21% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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