Maryland - Seneca Creek

(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

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

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

 

 

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

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

Description File: BlockhousePt_MontevideoRd_CNOCanal_GPS20040403.gtm

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

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

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

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

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

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_WatkinsRoad_South_GPS20051126.gtm

 

 

Hike 11.  Seneca Greenway Trail: Route 28 - Brink Road

 

Club: My leading for MWROP

Date: 01/08/2006

Parking: large at the start, limited at the end

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt28_BrinkRd_GPS20060108.tpo

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt28_BrinkRd_GPS20060108.gtm

 

 

Hike 12.  Lower Magruder Trail to Watkins Loghouse Road

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 05/29/2006

Parking: limited

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: LowerMagruderTr_Watkins_LoghouseRd_GPS20060529.tpo

Garmin MapSource Trace: LowerMagruderTr_Watkins_LoghouseRd_GPS20060529.gdb

 

 

Hike 13.  Magruder Branch Trail - Kings Valley Road - Loghouse Road

 

Club: my scouting

Date: 07/04/2006

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: MagruderBranchTr_KingsValleyRd_LoghouseRd_GPS20060704.tpo

Garmin MapSource Trace: MagruderBranchTr_KingsValleyRd_LoghouseRd_GPS20060704.gdb

 

 

Hike 14.  Magruder Branch Trail - Valley Park Drive - Lower Magruder Trail

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 08/12/2006

Parking: limited

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: MagruderBranchTr_ValleyParkDr_LowerMagruderTr_GPS20060812.tpo

GPS TrackMaker Trace: MagruderBranchTr_ValleyParkDr_LowerMagruderTr_GPS20060812.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: MagruderBranchTr_ValleyParkDr_LowerMagruderTr_GPS20060812.gdb

 

 

Hike 15.  Seneca Greenway Trail - Route 355 - Magruder Branch - Valley Park Road

 

Club: My leading for MWROP

Date: 02/03/2007

Parking: limited at the start, good at the end

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355_MagruderBranch_ValleyParkRd_GPS20070203.tpo

Description File: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355_MagruderBranch_ValleyParkRd_GPS20070203.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355_MagruderBranch_ValleyParkRd_GPS20070203.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355_MagruderBranch_ValleyParkRd_GPS20070203.gdb

Google Earth Trace: SenecaGreenwayTr_Rt355_MagruderBranch_ValleyParkRd_GPS20070203.kmz

 

 

Hike 16.  McKee-Beshers WMA

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 09/01/2007

Parking: curb of the road

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20070901.tpo

GPS TrackMaker Trace: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20070901.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20070901.gdb

Google Earth Trace: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20070901.kmz

Universal GPS Format: McKeeBeshersWMA_GPS20070901.gpx