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Rock Creek Regional Park

Sunfish Pond & Rock Creek Trail via Kengla Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Sunfish Pond & Rock Creek Trail via Kengla Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Rock Creek Regional Park near Brookemanor Estates, MD. The route reaches Sunfish Pond. It climbs 353 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi259 – 440 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.13164, -77.09834
Nearest town Brookemanor Estates, MD
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Sunfish Pond & Rock Creek Trail via Kengla Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 259–439 ft

Out & Back · Rock Creek Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.13164, -77.09834

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Transit-accessible: Veirs Mill Rd at Aspen Hill Rd stop 320 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 200 ftBear left onto Kengla Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Lakeside Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miPass Sunfish Pond.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 2.9 miTurn left onto Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftReach Sunfish Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Creek Trail Connector, heading SW.
  17. 2.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Lakeside Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right onto Kengla Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  26. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sunfish-pond-sunfish-pond-out-back-4-sights-26-km

Trail surface

45% dirt5% paved50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Veirs Mill Rd at Aspen Hill Rd stop 320 m from the trailhead

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