Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Little Bennett Regional Park near Miles Corner, MD. It climbs 593 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 593 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 398–667 ft
Out & Back · Little Bennett Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.25000, -77.28503
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stoneybrook Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Windy Ridge Connector, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Browning Run Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Timber Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Tobacco Barn Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Stoneybrook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Timber Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Browning Run Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Windy Ridge Connector, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~107 min). Leave by 5:05 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bennett Ridge Trail–Mound Builder, 4 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 612 ft
- Browning Run Trail–Logger's Trail, 5 sights 6 mi · ▲ 501 ft
- Hard Cider Trail–Mound Builder, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Mound Builder–Stoneybrook Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 302 ft
- Rock Oak Run 5.3 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Kingsley Trail–Mound Builder, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 201 ft
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