Shady Grove Access Path
2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 55 min
Shady Grove Access Path is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Needwood Golf Course near Candlewood Park, MD. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Shady Grove Access Path
2.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 55 min
Elevation 411–474 ft
Out & Back · Needwood Golf Course
Trailhead: 39.12208, -77.13621
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shady Grove Access Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Needwood–Westside Viewpoint, 7 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 553 ft
- Blue Heron Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 60 ft
- Blue Heron Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 60 ft
- Shady Grove Access Path 2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Shady Grove Access Path 2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Blue Heron Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft
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