Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park
Lower Magruder Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Lower Magruder Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park near Damascus View, MD. It climbs 273 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Magruder Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 549–771 ft
Out & Back · Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: 39.27395, -77.21392
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Log House Parking Connector, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lower Magruder Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Goshen Branch trail–Lower Magruder Bypass, 3 sights 16 mi · ▲ 551 ft
- Lower Magruder Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Bethesda Church Trail–Oak Drive Trail, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft
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