Sligo Creek Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Woodside Park, MD. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi259 – 394 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.01090, -77.03028
Nearest town Woodside Park, MD
Directions
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Sligo Creek Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 259–395 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.01090, -77.03028
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 636 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Belvedere Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wheaton Branch Left Bank Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Sligo Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Wheaton Branch Left Bank Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Belvedere Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 surface
90% paved10% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 636 m from the trailhead
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