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Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Hunting Hill, MD. It climbs 327 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 466 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10487, -77.20880
Nearest town Hunting Hill, MD
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Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 271–465 ft

Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Trailhead: 39.10487, -77.20880

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

Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 239 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading S.
  13. 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading S.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading W.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftReach Lowline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Lowline, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading SW.
  19. 350 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading SW.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 0.8 miTurn left onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading SE.
  27. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  28. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  29. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  30. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lowline-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

54% dirt42% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 5 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 239 m from the trailhead

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