Maryland.  Montgomery Co. - Seneca Creek
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(Includes The Whole Seneca Greenway Trail, Blockhouse Point Regional Conservation Park, McGee-Beshers WMA, Buddhist Temple's Stupa Park, 

Magruder Branch Regional Park, Clopper Lake State Park, Small Sections of the C&O Canal near the intersection with Seneca Creek and Blockhouse Point)

 

Maps:

• Topo! Mid-Atlantic by National Geographic.

• For land belonging to Montgomery Co. (Regional Parks), go to http://www.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ParkTrails/trail_maps.shtm  and download maps:

  • Seneca Creek Greenway Trail
  • Blockhouse Point Conservation Park Trails
  • Magruder Trails

• For State Land Maps go to http://shopdnr.com/trailguides.aspx and buy the following:

  •  Seneca Creek State Park

• For Fedeal Land get free map of the W&OD trail.
• Buddhist Temple gives out a free map of the Stupa Park.

Books:

• 50 Hikes in Maryland – Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Plateau to the Atlantic Ocean, Leonard M. Adkins, 2000
• Towpath Guide to the C & O Canal.  Thomas F. Hanh.  Ed. 15, 1999
• Hikes in the Washington Region, Part A: Montgomery & Frederick Counties, by PATC.  Ed. 4, 2001

 

Hike 1.  Blockhouse Point - C&O Canal

 

Club: MWROP.  Paul Elliott leading

Date: 10/19/2002

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: BlockhousePt_CNOCanal_GPS20021019.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: BlockhousePt_CNOCanal_GPS20021019_tpo.gpx

Description File: BlockhousePt_CNOCanal_GPS20021019.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: BlockhousePt_CNOCanal_GPS20021019.gtm

Photo Album: BlockhousePt_CAndOCanal_20060319 - not the same date, but the same hike.

 

 

Hike 2.  Blockhouse Point - Montevideo Road - C&O Canal

 

Club: My scouting.

Date: 12/25/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20031225.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20031225_tpo.gpx

Description File: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20031225.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20031225.gtm

 

 

Hike 3.  McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area

 

Club: my scouting

Date: 12/27/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20031227.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20031227_tpo.gpx

 

 

Hike 4.  Seneca Creek Trail - Buddhist Park - McKee Beshers WMA

 

Club: MWROP, me leading

Date: 02/07/2004

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaCrTr_BuddhistPark_McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20040207.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaCrTr_BuddhistPark_McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20040207_tpo.gpx

Description File: SenecaCrTr_BuddhistPark_McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20040207.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaCrTr_BuddhistPark_McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20040207.gtm

 

 

Hike 5.  Blockhouse Point - Montevideo Road - C&O Canal

 

Club: MWROP.  My leading

Date: 04/03/2004

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20040403.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20040403_tpo.gpx

Description File: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20040403.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20040403.gtm

 

 

Hike 6.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Route 355To 28 Including the Clopper Lake

 

Club: Russ scouting with me

Date: 10/09/2005

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355To28_ClopperLake_GPS20051009.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355To28_ClopperLake_GPS20051009_tpo.gpx

Description File: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355To28_ClopperLake_GPS20051009.doc

Photo Album: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355To28_ClopperLake_GPS20051009

 

 

Hike 7.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Route 355 and Up

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 10/30/2005

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355Up_GPS20051030.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355Up_GPS20051030_tpo.gpx

Description File: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355Up_GPS20051030.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355Up_GPS20051030.gtm

 

 

Hike 8.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Around Watkins Mill Road

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 11/06/2005

Parking: limited

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundWatkinsMillRd_GPS20051106.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundWatkinsMillRd_GPS20051106_tpo.gpx

Description File: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundWatkinsMillRd_GPS20051106.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundWatkinsMillRd_GPS20051106.gtm

Photo Album: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundWatkinsMillRd_GPS20051106

 

 

Hike 9.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Around Brink Road

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 11/19/2005

Parking: limited

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundBrinkRd_GPS20051119.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaGreenwayTr_AroundBrinkRd_GPS20051119_tpo.gpx

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt28_BrinkRd_GPS20060108.gtm

 

 

Hike 10.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Watkins Road and South

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 11/26/2005

Parking: limited

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_WatkinsRoad_South_GPS20051126.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: SenecaGreenwayTr_WatkinsRoad_South_GPS20051126_tpo.gpx

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_WatkinsRoad_South_GPS20051126.gtm