Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park near Hunting Hill, MD. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 299–465 ft
Out & Back · Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park
Trailhead: 39.10322, -77.20922
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 404 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Decoverly Dr & Great Seneca Hwy stop 404 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath 3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Lowline via Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath 3.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath 2.8 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Johns Hopkins Drive Sidepath 3 mi · ▲ 133 ft
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