About trails in Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County has 568 named trails on the map, covering 1,272 miles in total, an average of 2.2 miles per trail. That is the 1st largest mapped trail network among 24 counties in Maryland. 320 of them are tagged for hiking and 307 for mountain biking.

The longest single trail is MoCo Epic, at 85.2 miles. 59 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 26 trailheads, 21 campsites, 5 waterfalls, 18 boat launches, and 7 rapids. The nearest towns to these trails are Clarksburg, Germantown, and Darnestown.

What the trails in Montgomery County are like

By length, 338 are under a mile, 170 run 1 to 5 miles, and 59 are 5 miles or longer. 39 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Rock Creek Hiker/Biker Trail, at 28.9 miles.

Every one carries a difficulty rating: 457 easy, 108 moderate, and 2 hard. Of the 541 with measured elevation, Muddy Branch Greenway Trail climbs the most, about 1,756 ft, and 10 gain 1,000 ft or more.

Explore by activity

568All trails

320Hiking 307Mountain biking

1,272Total miles

21Campsites

18Boat launches

5Waterfalls

26Trailheads

7Rapids

MoCo EpicMTB85.2 mi Northwest Branch TrailMTB38.9 mi Rock Creek Hiker/Biker TrailHike28.9 mi Seneca Creek GreenwayHike28.7 mi Muddy Branch Greenway TrailHike23.9 mi MoCoEpic SouthMTB23.4 mi Needwood LoopMTB22.6 mi Carl Henn Millennium TrailMTB21.2 mi Seneca Creek Greenway TrailHikeMTB21.1 mi Seneca Ridge Trail19.9 mi Stone Barn LoopHike19.9 mi Ten Mile Creek TrailHike19.8 mi Bucklodge LoopHikeMTB19.3 mi Cabin John TrailHikeMTB18.0 mi Seneca Bluffs TrailHike17.7 mi bicycleMTB16.5 mi MDBR 190MTB16.0 mi New Hampshire AvenueMTB14.4 mi Hoyles Mill Trail13.0 mi MDBR 28MTB12.8 mi Yellow TrailHike12.8 mi Muddy Branch Mtb RouteMTB11.3 mi Bethesda Trolley TrailMTB11.3 mi Rock Creek TrailHikeMTB10.6 mi Muddy Branch Horse Trail10.2 mi Upper Rock Creek TrailHikeMTB9.2 mi Seneca Greenway TrailHikeMTB9.0 mi Matthew Henson TrailMTB8.9 mi White Loop TrailHike7.7 mi Greenburg Challenge LoopHike7.5 mi Seven Locks RoadMTB7.3 mi Sligo Creek TrailMTB7.3 mi MDBR 200MTB7.2 mi MacArthur Boulevard TrailMTB7.1 mi Black Hill TrailHike7.1 mi Orange TrailHike7.0 mi MDBR 187MTB6.8 mi Georgetown Branch TrailMTB6.8 mi Georgetown Branch Trail DetourMTB6.7 mi Meadow LoopHike6.7 mi ICC TrailHikeMTB6.6 mi Chesapeake and Ohio Canal TowpathHikeMTB6.4 mi North Branch TrailHikeMTB6.2 mi Black Hill MtbMTB6.2 mi Kengla Trail5.9 mi Ridge RoadMTB5.9 mi Lakeside TrailHike5.8 mi Muddy Branch RoadMTB5.8 mi MD 28 SidepathMTB5.5 mi Patuxent Watershed - Triadelphia Reservoir5.4 mi MDBR 182MTB5.4 mi Schaeffer Farm - Yellow Trail5.4 mi Seneca Greenway5.4 mi MDBR 191MTB5.3 mi Black Hills Regional Park5.2 mi Hamilton TrailHike5.1 mi Buck Lodge LoopHike5.1 mi Tree Farm TrailHike5.1 mi Old Georgetown Road (MDBR 187)5.0 mi Browning Run TrailHike4.8 mi Rickman Field TrailHike4.8 mi Dark Branch TrailHikeMTB4.7 mi Breezy Equestrian TrailHike4.6 mi Breezy Loop4.6 mi Magruder Branch TrailMTB4.5 mi Great Seneca Highway Bicycle RouteMTB4.3 mi Fairland RdMTB4.3 mi Hard Rock TrailHike4.3 mi Chesapeake and Ohio Canal TrailHikeMTB4.3 mi Old Columbia PikeHikeMTB4.3 mi Clopper Lake - Lake Shore4.2 mi Whistle Pig LoopHikeMTB4.2 mi Big Woods Loop TrailHike4.2 mi Powerline TrailHikeMTB4.1 mi Cabin Branch Trail4.0 mi Tuckerman LaneMTB4.0 mi White LoopHikeMTB3.9 mi Schaeffer Farm - White Loop3.9 mi Billy Goat Trail Section AHike3.8 mi Bel Pre Road SidepathMTB3.7 mi Fields Edge Trail3.7 mi Norbeck RdMTB3.6 mi Lake Shore TrailHikeMTB3.5 mi Wasche Field LoopHike3.5 mi Percheron Trail3.4 mi Potomac Hunt TrailHike3.4 mi Billy Goat Trail Section CHike3.3 mi Little Falls TrailMTB3.3 mi Timber Ridge TrailHikeMTB3.2 mi Copperhead Run TrailMTB3.2 mi Lower Magruder TrailHikeMTB3.2 mi Fox Meadow LoopHikeMTB3.2 mi Osprey Heights TrailHikeMTB3.0 mi Danger NoodleHikeMTB3.0 mi Danger Noodle Loop3.0 mi Diabase TrailHike3.0 mi Tobacco Barn TrailHike3.0 mi Western Piedmont TrailHike3.0 mi Montrose ParkwayMTB2.9 mi Underground Railroad Experience TrailHike2.9 mi Mule Skinner Loop Trail2.9 mi Blue Mash Natural Surface TrailHike2.9 mi Windy Ridge TrailHike2.9 mi Mike's Loop2.9 mi Red TrailHike2.8 mi Silverwood TrailHikeMTB2.7 mi MoCo Epic Hundred MilesMTB2.7 mi Crowsfoot Loop Trail2.7 mi Briggs Chaney RdMTB2.6 mi Muncaster Mill TrailHike2.5 mi Holly Trail2.5 mi Shady Grove RoadMTB2.4 mi Little Bennett - Browning Run2.4 mi Scott Branch LoopHikeMTB2.4 mi New Cut TrailHikeMTB2.4 mi Blue TrailHike2.3 mi Paint Branch TrailHikeMTB2.3 mi Pepco TrailHikeMTB2.2 mi High Point TrailHike2.2 mi Malcolm King Park LoopHikeMTB2.2 mi Little Bennett - Western Piedmont2.2 mi Needwood Road Multiuse TrailMTB2.1 mi Around Clopper LakeMTB2.1 mi Piccard DriveMTB2.1 mi Ford Mine TrailHike2.1 mi Bethesda BikewayMTB2.1 mi Wheaton Regional TrailHikeMTB2.0 mi Cemetery TrailHike2.0 mi Hard Cider TrailHike2.0 mi Persimmon Tree Road TrailMTB2.0 mi Fernwood RoadMTB2.0 mi River TrailHike2.0 mi Monoacacy LoopHike2.0 mi Dufief Mill RoadMTB2.0 mi Oak Drive Trail2.0 mi Little Bennett - Sidewinder Trail2.0 mi SidewinderHikeMTB2.0 mi Sidewinder TrailHike2.0 mi Greencastle RdMTB1.9 mi Democracy BoulevardMTB1.9 mi King Farm BoulevardMTB1.9 mi Chestnut Oak TrailHike1.9 mi Falls Road TrailMTB1.9 mi Green TrailHike1.9 mi West Montgomery Avenue SidepathHikeMTB1.9 mi Bootjack TrailHikeMTB1.9 mi Schaeffer Farm - Blue Trail1.8 mi Woodstock Equestrian Center Trails1.8 mi Airpark RoadMTB1.8 mi Schaeffer Farm - Orange Trail1.7 mi Blockhouse Point Trails1.7 mi Great Seneca Highway SidepathHikeMTB1.7 mi Little Bennett - Purdum Trail1.7 mi Purdum TrailHikeMTB1.7 mi Rachel Carson Greenway1.7 mi Oaklyn Drive TrailMTB1.6 mi Gold Mine LoopHike1.6 mi Belgian Loop TrailHikeMTB1.6 mi Pardum TrailHike1.6 mi Wheaton WayHikeMTB1.6 mi MD 124MTB1.6 mi Watkins Mill Road SidepathHikeMTB1.6 mi Crowsfoot TrailHikeMTB1.6 mi Pine Grove TrailHike1.6 mi Norbeck RoadMTB1.6 mi Grandin AvenueMTB1.5 mi Fern Valley Trail1.5 mi Spring StreetMTB1.5 mi Little Bennett - Tobacco Barn1.5 mi Bennett Ridge Trail1.5 mi Little Bennett - Bennett Ridge1.5 mi Fileds Edge TrailHike1.5 mi Flowing Free TrailHike1.5 mi Little Bennett - Rock Oak1.5 mi Rock Oak RunHikeMTB1.5 mi Berma RoadHikeMTB1.5 mi Billy Goat Trail Section BHike1.4 mi Little Bennett - Windy Ridge1.4 mi Scarlet Tanager TrailHike1.4 mi Little Bit Loop TrailHike1.4 mi LowlineHikeMTB1.4 mi Two Bridges Trail1.3 mi Nelson StreetMTB1.3 mi Gillian Farm Loop1.3 mi Goshen Branch trailHikeMTB1.3 mi Little Bennett - Sopers Branch1.3 mi Sopers Branch TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Metropolitan Branch Trail (MD)MTB1.3 mi Kay Family Loop1.3 mi Little Bennett - Loggers Trail1.2 mi Logger's TrailHikeMTB1.2 mi Loggers TrailHike1.2 mi Little Bennett - Stoneybrook Trail1.2 mi Clopper Lake - Long Draught1.2 mi Boiling Brook ParkwayMTB1.2 mi Stoneybrook TrailHike1.2 mi Westside TrailHikeMTB1.2 mi Baltimore RoadMTB1.2 mi Campground Loop TrailHikeMTB1.2 mi Little Bennett - Dark Branch1.2 mi Crowsfoot LoopHikeMTB1.2 mi Pine Knob TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Little Bennett Regional Park1.1 mi Needwood TrailHike1.1 mi Blue Mash Hiking TrailHike1.1 mi Highway Loop TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Froggy Hollow TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Little Bennett - Froggy Hollow1.1 mi Gilliam Farm LoopHike1.1 mi Gude TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Field Crest SpurHike1.1 mi Field Crest Spur Trail1.1 mi Olney Mill Family Park TrailsHikeMTB1.1 mi Potomac Hunt Trail LoopHike1.1 mi Heart Smart TrailHike1.1 mi Two Pond LoopHike1.1 mi Monroe StreetMTB1.1 mi Lewis AvenueMTB1.1 mi Croydon Creek Woodland TrailHike1.1 mi Rock Creek Trail ConnectorHikeMTB1.1 mi Clopper Lake - Long Draught South1.1 mi Long Draught SouthHikeMTB1.1 mi Kay Family TrailHike1.1 mi Glenbrook RoadMTB1.1 mi Big Woods TrailHike1.1 mi Broadwood DriveMTB1.1 mi Blue Bird Loop TrailHike1.0 mi North Germantown Greenway TrailHike1.0 mi College ParkwayMTB1.0 mi Jewel Weed Thoroughfare1.0 mi Jewel Weed WayHikeMTB1.0 mi Straight Shot Trail1.0 mi Monocacy LoopHike1.0 mi Schaeffer Farm - Green Trail1.0 mi Shady Grove Access PathHikeMTB1.0 mi Little Bennett - Hard Cider1.0 mi Seneca Greenway/Great Seneca TrailsHikeMTB1.0 mi Smokey Glen TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Lewisdale TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Little Bennett - Lewisdale Trail1.0 mi Rockcrest ParkMTB0.9 mi MDBR 115MTB0.9 mi Blockhouse TrailHike0.9 mi Holly LoopHikeMTB0.9 mi Germantown RoadMTB0.9 mi Oak Ridge Loop TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi Calithea TrailHike0.9 mi Twinbrook ParkwayMTB0.9 mi Hidden Pond Trail0.9 mi Hoyles Mill RoadHikeMTB0.9 mi Oaklyn DriveMTB0.9 mi Orchard Ridge Drive SidepathHikeMTB0.9 mi Quince Orchard Ridge DriveMTB0.9 mi Franklin Knolls River TrailHike0.9 mi Main StreetMTB0.9 mi Main Street Shared Use PathHikeMTB0.9 mi Westbard AvenueMTB0.9 mi Crystal Rock TrailHike0.9 mi Kinglsey TrailHike0.9 mi Clopper Lake - Mink Hollow0.9 mi Mink Hollow TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi Cool Spring Run TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi Marinelli RoadMTB0.9 mi Sioux Lane ConnectorHikeMTB0.8 mi Watkins Mill RoadMTB0.8 mi Little Bennett - Woodcock Hollow0.8 mi Woodcock Hollow TrailHike0.8 mi North Stonestreet AvenueMTB0.8 mi Blue Trail (Willy's)HikeMTB0.8 mi North Horners LaneMTB0.8 mi Gold Mine SpurHike0.8 mi Little Bennett - Timber Ridge0.8 mi Disc Golf: Holes 1-9Hike0.8 mi Metropolitan Branch TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Little Bennett - Pine Grove0.8 mi Diabase ConnectorHike0.8 mi Nebel StreetMTB0.8 mi Riding Stable RdMTB0.8 mi Greenway NorthCreek ConnectorHikeMTB0.8 mi Little Bennett - Kingsley Trail0.8 mi Little Bennett - Whitetail Trail0.8 mi Whitetail TrailHike0.8 mi Purple BlazeHike0.8 mi Pallasades Trolley TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Hoyles Mill-ConnectorHikeMTB0.8 mi East Middle LaneMTB0.7 mi Pine Trail LoopHikeMTB0.7 mi Westlake TerraceMTB0.7 mi Redland RoadMTB0.7 mi Washingtonian Woods Park PathHikeMTB0.7 mi Blue Trail (Corn Field)HikeMTB0.7 mi footHike0.7 mi Kingsley TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Long Branch TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Potomac Horse and Bridle TrailHike0.7 mi Westlake DriveMTB0.7 mi Long Draught/Seneca Greenway TrailsHikeMTB0.7 mi Seneca Greenway Shared useHikeMTB0.7 mi Trolley Loop TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Hurley AvenueMTB0.7 mi

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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 25, 2026.