23.5 miles

Grassy Loop

Leg Dir Type Notes Total
Generic Head East out of Metro through the bus bays 0.0
0.4 Right Turn right onto Crabbs Branch Way. The sidewalk is rideable. 0.4
1.0 Left Turn left onto Calhoun Pl 1.4
0.2 Left Keeping heading east 1.7
0.1 Right Turn right after you pass the brewery 1.8
0.0 Sharp Left Gude Trail entrance is on the left 1.8
0.9 Straight Follow the utility line trail to the lake 2.7
0.3 Right Turn right onto Westside Trail. Stay on the crushed stone trail. 3.0
0.5 Right Turn right onto Rock Creek Trail 3.5
1.8 Left Turn left onto connector trail towards Lake Bernard Frank 5.3
0.1 Left Turn left onto Lake Frank Trail Connector 5.5
0.5 Sharp Right Turn sharp right onto Lakeside Trail 5.9
2.0 Sharp Left Turn sharp left onto Muncaster Mill Road, MD 115 8.0
0.1 Right Turn right into Kengla House parking lot 8.1
0.0 Right Head right, toward the creek 8.1
0.0 Left Pick up the Kengla Trail on the left by the utility building 8.2
0.0 Slight Left Follow the Kengla Trail until the highway underpass 8.2
0.7 Left Take the stepping stones across the creek under the highway 8.9
0.1 Right Go right at the trail junction. Follow signs for North Branch Trail 9.0
1.9 Left Stay headed North on the North Branch Trail toward Bowie Mill Rd 10.9
0.4 Right Turn right to stay on North Branch Trail 11.2
0.5 Right Turn right onto Bowie Mill Road 11.7
0.2 Left Turn left onto the paved trail. Easy to miss, if there's a white fence on the left side of the road, you've gone too far. 11.9
0.6 Left Turn left onto North Branch Trail 12.5
0.3 Slight Right Keep right at the fork. 12.8
0.8 Slight Right Keep right to stay on the North Branch Trail 13.5
0.1 Left Keep left to stay on the North Branch Trail 13.6
1.2 Slight Left Bear left on the gravel 14.8
0.1 Left Left onto the trail 14.9
0.0 Slight Left Keep left onto North Branch Trail 14.9
0.1 Straight Cross Muncaster Road 15.0
0.3 Left Turn Left to follow Upper Rock Creek Trail 15.2
0.3 Left Left to follow Upper Rock Creek Trail 15.6
0.6 Right Turn right to follow Upper Rock Creek Trail 16.1
0.2 Left Left down the hill. This is bumpy and and off camber, and the grass hides some potholes 16.3
0.4 Left Left onto the Pecheron Trail 16.7
0.0 Left Turn left onto Percheron Trail 16.7
0.2 Right Right along the edge of the field 16.9
0.2 Right Right to Follow the Pecheron Trail 17.0
0.4 Left Turn Left towards the buildings. 17.4
0.0 Right Right on the Road to exit the park 17.5
0.2 Right Turn right and cross through the stream. 17.7
0.0 Left Turn Left onto Mule Skinner Loop 17.7
0.5 Left Turn left toward Muncaster Rd / Upper Rock Creek Trail 18.3
0.0 Straight Steep embankment at stream crossing 18.3
0.1 Left Turn left onto Muncaster Road 18.4
0.1 Right Turn right onto Upper Rock Creek Trail 18.5
2.1 Left Turn left onto Muncaster Mill Road, MD 115 20.6
0.0 Right Turn right. It looks like a driveway. 20.6
0.0 Left Left onto Upper Rock Creek Trail 20.6
0.6 Left Left onto gravel 21.2
0.2 Right Cross Needwood Rd and Turn Right on the Bike Path 21.4
0.2 Slight Right Bear right up the hill 21.6
1.4 Left Cross Redland Road and turn left on the sidepath 23.0
0.3 Left OPTIONAL: Turn left on Crabbs Branch and follow the beginning of the cue sheet to go to True Respite Brewing. 23.3
0.1 Right Turn right onto Shady Grove Access Path 23.4