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Rock Creek Regional Park

Study Pond & Intercounty Connector Trail via Kengla Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 181 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Study Pond & Intercounty Connector Trail via Kengla Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Rock Creek Regional Park near Sycamore Acres, MD. The route reaches Study Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 181 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi312 – 417 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: ICC Trail 39.12340, -77.09148
Nearest town Sycamore Acres, MD
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Study Pond & Intercounty Connector Trail via Kengla Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 181 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 311–416 ft

Out & Back · Rock Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: ICC Trail · 39.12340, -77.09148

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Intercounty Connector Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left onto Kengla Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Lakeside Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Muncaster Mill Trail, heading S.
  7. 100 ftPass Study Pond.
  8. 200 ftTurn left onto Trail connector, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Trail, heading N.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  14. 500 ftReach Study Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Trail connector, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Muncaster Mill Trail, heading E.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeside Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right onto Kengla Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right onto Intercounty Connector Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.6 miArrive 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/study-pond-study-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

54% dirt35% paved10% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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