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Seneca Regional Park

Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Rushville, MD. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 367 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.05165, -77.33409
Nearest town Rushville, MD
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Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 185–369 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.05165, -77.33409

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, no color, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miBear right onto Sugarland Run Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.2 miTurn right onto Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miReach Unblazed, no color, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
  15. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 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/seneca-ridge-ms-sugarland-run-connector-trail-unblazed-no-color-out-back-14-km

Trail surface

58% dirt10% gravel10% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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