46.4 miles

Barn Country

Leg Dir Type Notes Total
Left From the South station exit, head left out of the elevator. 0.0
0.1 Left Turn left onto Largo Drive West (the far sidewalk works too) 0.1
0.5 Right Turn right onto North Harry S Truman Drive. I take the sidewalk. 0.6
2.0 Right Turn right onto Birdie Lane 2.6
0.2 Left Turn left onto Northern Lights Drive 2.8
0.2 Right Turn right onto White House Road (I take the sidewalk. 3.0
0.4 Left Turn left onto Sansbury Road 3.4
1.3 Left Turn slight left onto D'Arcy Road 4.6
0.5 Left D'Arcy Rd turns slightly left and becomes Rock Spg Dr 5.1
0.5 Right Slight right onto Rock Spring Dr 5.6
0.3 Straight At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Central Park Dr 6.0
0.6 Left Turn left onto Presidential Pkwy 6.5
0.3 Right Turn right onto Machinists Pl 6.8
0.1 Left Turn left onto Pennsylvania Ave Access Rd 7.0
0.3 Straight Continue onto Pennsylvania Service Dr 7.2
0.8 Straight At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Woodyard Rd 8.1
0.5 Right Turn right onto Melwood Rd 8.6
0.1 Straight Continue onto Woodyard Rd 8.7
0.4 Left Turn left onto Marlboro Pike 9.0
0.5 Straight Continue onto S Osborne Rd 9.5
0.4 Left Turn left onto Farm Rd 9.9
0.1 Right Slight right to stay on Farm Rd 10.0
0.1 Left Ignore the "Private Road" signs. 10.1
1.8 Left The road is a little ambiguous. Bear left. 11.9
0.4 Left Slight left onto Old Crain Hwy 12.3
0.7 Right Turn right onto Croom Station Rd 13.0
2.5 Left Turn left onto MD-382 S/Croom Rd 15.5
0.8 Left Turn left onto Mt Calvert Rd 16.4
0.2 Left Turn left onto Mt Calvert Rd 16.5
2.3 Right Turn right onto McClure Rd, or go straight and scope out the Mt Calvert Manor. It's pretty. There's a nice picnic table overlooking Jug Bay. 18.8
0.3 Straight Ignore the "Private Road" signs 19.1
0.2 Straight Gate might be closed, just go around it. 19.3
0.2 Left Turn left onto Park Access Road 19.5
0.9 Left Turn Left onto the Red Trail. It's pretty tidy doubletrack. You can skip the offroad part by continuing straight and turning left on Croom Airport Road. 20.4
0.3 Straight Straight to stay on the Red Trail 20.7
0.5 Danger Steep and leaf covered descent. 21.2
0.3 Left Left onto Croom Airport Road 21.5
0.6 Right Turn right onto Critical Area Driving Tour and keep following CADT signs. 22.1
1.7 Generic The observation tower is worth checking out. The path is rideable, it's a hundred yards or so. 23.9
2.3 Straight Continue onto the paved road. 26.1
0.1 Left Left around the loop to get to the Visitors Center. 26.3
0.6 Straight Follow signs to the exit. 26.9
0.7 Right Turn right onto Fenno Road 27.6
0.7 Straight Continue onto Saint Thomas Church Road 28.3
2.2 Right Turn right onto Croom Road, MD 382 30.5
4.0 Straight Cross 302 and head left across the parking lot to get to Osborne Rd 34.5
0.3 Right Turn right onto S Osborne Rd 34.8
2.2 Straight Continue onto Marlboro Pike 37.0
0.5 Right Turn right onto Woodyard Rd 37.5
0.4 Straight Continue onto Melwood Rd 37.9
0.1 Left Turn left onto Woodyard Rd 38.0
0.5 Straight At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Pennsylvania Service Dr 38.4
0.9 Straight Continue onto Pennsylvania Ave Access Rd 39.3
0.3 Right Turn right onto Machinists Pl 39.6
0.2 Straight Continue onto Presidential Pkwy 39.8
0.2 Right Turn right onto Central Park Dr 40.0
0.6 Straight At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Rock Spring Dr 40.6
0.4 Straight Continue onto Rock Spg Dr 41.0
0.4 Right Rock Spg Dr turns slightly right and becomes D'Arcy Rd 41.4
0.5 Right Slight right onto Sansbury Rd 41.9
1.2 Straight Cross Ritchie Marlboro Rd and turn left on the far sidewalk. 43.2
0.4 Left Left onto Northern Lights Dr 43.6
0.2 Right Turn right onto Birdie Lane 43.8
0.2 Left Turn left onto Harry S Truman Drive. I stick with the near sidewalk 43.9
1.9 Straight Continue onto North Harry S Truman Drive 45.9
0.1 Straight Don't turn onto Largo, just head straight on Truman and it'll get you back to where you started. 46.0
0.4 Right Turn right into the Metro parking lot. 46.4