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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Belvedere Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Wheaton Branch Left Bank Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftReach Sligo Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wheaton Branch Left Bank Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Belvedere Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Sligo Creek Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 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