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Little Bennett Regional Park

Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 6 sights

9.3 mi · ▲ 476 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 6 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Little Bennett Regional Park near Clarksburg, MD. It climbs 476 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 646 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Oak Run 39.24866, -77.27918
Nearest town Clarksburg, MD
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Mound Builder–Pine Grove Trail, 6 sights

9.3 mi · ▲ 476 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 384–648 ft

Out & Back · Little Bennett Regional Park

Trailhead: Rock Oak Run · 39.24866, -77.27918

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

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Rock Oak Run, heading N.
  2. 1.5 miSharp left onto Wilson Mill Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading N.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Pine Grove Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hyattstown Mill Road, heading W.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Prescott Road, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sopers Branch Trail, heading SW.
  13. 1.3 miReach Rock Oak Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 1.3 miTurn right onto Prescott Road, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hyattstown Mill Road, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pine Grove Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Western Piedmont Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miSharp right onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mound Builder, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Beaver Valley Trail, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Stoneybrook Trail, heading SE.
  23. 500 ftSharp left onto Wilson Mill Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miSharp right onto Rock Oak Run, heading W.
  25. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mound-builder-pine-grove-trail-out-back-6-sights-15-km

Trail surface

77% dirt23% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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