34 Trails in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
2. Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
3. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
4. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
5. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
6. Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
7. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
8. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
9. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
10. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
11. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
12. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
13. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
14. Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
15. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
16. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
17. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
18. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
19. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
20. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
21. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
22. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
23. Copper Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Herndon
24. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
25. Lower Magruder Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Damascus
26. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
27. Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
28. Beaver Dam Reservoir Beginner difficulty 2 ** Ashburn
29. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
30. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
31. Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
32. Patuxent River State Park difficulty 10.0 Annapolis Rock
33. Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
34. Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville

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