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Seneca Greenway Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Seneca Creek State Park near Brown, MD. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi292 – 446 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15262, -77.21249
Nearest town Brown, MD

Directions

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Seneca Greenway Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 293–447 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Creek State Park

Trailhead: 39.15262, -77.21249

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 58 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  11. 2.2 miTurn right onto Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca Trails, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Seneca Greenway Trail, heading E.
  14. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 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% dirt15% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM — 10 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Montgomery Village Ave & Frederick Ave stop 58 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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