Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Kingsley, MD. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 512 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wilson Mill Trail 39.26405, -77.28187
Nearest town Kingsley, MD

Directions

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Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 4 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 384–513 ft

Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve

Trailhead: Wilson Mill Trail · 39.26405, -77.28187

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wilson Mill Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hyattstown Mill Road, heading W.
  10. 350 ftTurn left onto Prescott Road, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miReach Mound Builder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hyattstown Mill Road, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pine Grove Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.9 miSharp right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading SE.
  20. 450 ftSharp left onto Wilson Mill Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

50% gravel48% dirt1% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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