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Seneca Creek State Park

Seneca Creek State Park Beach–Hoyles Mill-Connector, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Seneca Creek State Park Beach–Hoyles Mill-Connector, 6 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Pleasant Fields, MD. The route reaches Seneca Creek State Park Beach. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 440 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14123, -77.26610
Nearest town Pleasant Fields, MD
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Seneca Creek State Park Beach–Hoyles Mill-Connector, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Elevation 264–439 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park

Trailhead: 39.14123, -77.26610

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Seneca Creek State Park Beach.
  3. 500 ftTurn right onto Long Draught/Seneca Greenway Trails, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway-Shared Use, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway, heading S.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
  7. 2.3 miTurn left onto Hoyles Mill-Connector, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miReach Seneca Creek State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
  10. 2.3 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Seneca Creek Greenway-Shared Use, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Long Draught/Seneca Greenway Trails, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/seneca-creek-state-park-beach-hoyles-mill-connector-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~109 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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