Little Bennett Regional Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi397 – 666 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25000, -77.28503
Nearest town Miles Corner, MD

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Stoneybrook Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Windy Ridge Connector, heading NW.
  7. 350 ftSharp left onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Browning Run Trail, heading NW.
  9. 400 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miSharp right onto Timber Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.8 miSharp left onto Tobacco Barn Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miReach Stoneybrook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miSharp right onto Timber Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miSharp left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Browning Run Trail, heading SE.
  18. 400 ftBear right onto Windy Ridge Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right onto Windy Ridge Connector, heading E.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading SW.
  25. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

89% dirt10% gravel1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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