Sunfish Pond & Muncaster Mill Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Sunfish Pond & Muncaster Mill Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Rock Creek Regional Park near Sycamore Acres, MD. The route reaches Sunfish Pond. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sunfish Pond & Muncaster Mill Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 314–435 ft
Out & Back · Rock Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.10543, -77.09217
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miPass Sunfish Pond.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Lakeside Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Muncaster Mill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Sunfish Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Lakeside Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rock Creek Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Sunfish Pond & ICC Trail via Kengla Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Rock Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft
- Lake Frank Overlook–Lake Bernard Frank, 4 lakes 5.5 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Lake Bernard Frank & Sunfish Pond via Muncaster Mill Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Study Pond & Sunfish Pond via Wildflower Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 231 ft
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