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Wheaton Regional Park

Rachel Carson Greenway Viewpoint–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 4 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Rachel Carson Greenway Viewpoint–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 4 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Kemp Mill Farms, MD. The route passes Burnt Mills Reservoir before reaching Rachel Carson Greenway Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 307 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 430 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Timberdoodle Trail 39.05054, -77.03378
Nearest town Kemp Mill Farms, MD
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Rachel Carson Greenway Viewpoint–Burnt Mills Reservoir, 4 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Elevation 222–428 ft

Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park

Trailhead: Timberdoodle Trail · 39.05054, -77.03378

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 493 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Timberdoodle Trail, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Regional Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Timberdoodle Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wheaton Way, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftBear left onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, heading E.
  9. 2.8 miPass Burnt Mills Reservoir.
  10. 0.5 miReach Rachel Carson Greenway Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 2.2 miTurn right onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Timberdoodle Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wheaton Regional Trail, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Timberdoodle Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 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/rachel-carson-greenway-viewpoint-burnt-mills-reservoir-out-back-5-sights-14-km-ec44

Trail surface

92% dirt7% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 493 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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