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Seneca Regional Park

Sugarland Run Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Sugarland Run Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Rushville, MD. It climbs 350 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 367 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

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

5.9 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 2 hr 9 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. 0.4 miBear left onto Sugarland Run Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miReach Unblazed, no color, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading SE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 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/sugarland-run-trail-unblazed-no-color-out-back-10-km-17d5

Trail surface

54% dirt15% gravel14% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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