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Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 522 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Tobytown, MD. The route passes Chesapeake and Ohio Canal before reaching Paw Paw Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 522 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 394 ft · steepest grade: 34%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 39.05774, -77.29340
Nearest town Tobytown, MD
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Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 522 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 168–392 ft

Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Trailhead: Muddy Branch Greenway Trail · 39.05774, -77.29340

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
  3. 1 miBear left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Paw Paw Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Paw Paw Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Calithea Trail, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.9 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/paw-paw-viewpoint-paw-paw-viewpoint-out-back-6-sights-7-km

Trail surface

45% dirt1% paved54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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