Old Pond trail & Seneca Greenway Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Montgomery Meadows, MD. It climbs 278 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi292 – 443 ft8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15405, -77.21424
Nearest town Montgomery Meadows, MD
Directions
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Old Pond trail & Seneca Greenway Trail
7.3 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 294–444 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.15405, -77.21424
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 234 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca Trails, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Great Seneca Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Old Pond trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Seneca Greenway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Great Seneca Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca Trails, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 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
72% dirt12% paved16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 234 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clopper Lake–Seneca Creek State Park Beach, 6 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Seneca Greenway Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft
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