Monocacy Park Complex
Monocacy Creek–Paint Mill Pond, 4 lakes
2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 50 min
Monocacy Creek–Paint Mill Pond, 4 lakes is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Monocacy Park Complex near Allen Junction, PA. The route passes Paint Mill Pond and Monocacy Creek before reaching Spring at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Monocacy Creek–Paint Mill Pond, 4 lakes
2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 50 min
Elevation 245–339 ft
Out & Back · Monocacy Park Complex
Trailhead: 40.63037, -75.38937
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Marian Way, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Paint Mill Pond.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Monocacy Way, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Spring.
- 150 ftReach Monocacy Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Paint Mill Pond & Blue Trail via Monocacy Way 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monocacy Creek–Paint Mill Pond, 4 lakes 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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