Potomac Heritage Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Potomac Heritage Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Lowes Island, VA. It is mostly level, with 209 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi187 – 377 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.04591, -77.36445
Nearest town Lowes Island, VA
Directions
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Potomac Heritage Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 185–376 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.04591, -77.36445
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
71% dirt6% paved6% gravel17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
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