Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

4 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Hunting Hill, MD. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi299 – 466 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10185, -77.21177
Nearest town Hunting Hill, MD

Directions

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Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

4 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 299–468 ft

Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Trailhead: 39.10185, -77.21177

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 659 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% paved31% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 659 m from the trailhead

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