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Dierrsen Wildlife Management Area

Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 4 lakes

4.5 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 4 lakes is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Dierrsen Wildlife Management Area near Tobytown, MD. The route passes Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Paw Paw Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 238 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi174 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Muddy Branch Greenway Trail 39.05493, -77.29017
Nearest town Tobytown, MD
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Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 4 lakes

4.5 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 173–372 ft

Out & Back · Dierrsen Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Muddy Branch Greenway Trail · 39.05493, -77.29017

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock.
  3. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, heading NW.
  5. 1.7 miPass Paw Paw Viewpoint.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Paw Paw Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Calithea Trail, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miReach Paw Paw Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Paw Paw Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, heading SE.
  13. 1.7 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftArrive 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-7-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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