SATURDAY TRAILS WITH MUDDY SHOES
Root kickers and trail slappers unite! Join us this Saturday morning at Little Bennett…
Route(s):
10 mile route
turn by turn at the bottom of this message, careful along and crossing clarksburg rd, cars are flying through there…
6.5 mile route
first ~4.7 miles follows 10 mile route, after passing back over clarksburg rd the second time, stay on western piedmont to pine grove trail back to parking
large park with lots of trail options to go shorter / longer, park map linked below
Location: Little Bennett Regional Park
Address: Prescott Rd, Clarksburg, MD 20871, head toward golf course, but keep going on prescott rd to gravel lane to trailhead parking
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zkX2cS6ZE5NbkCKm6
Date: 19 September 2026
Time: 0730
Forecast: low humidity, could be cloudy, relatively cool, around 64F at start, 73F at 11am
Vibes: we have chills, they are multiplying!
Park Map: https://montgomeryparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Little-Bennett-RP-2024-letter-PRESS_a11y.pdf
10 mile turn by turn
Timber Ridge trail, left at 0.25m to stay on Timber Ridge (dont take Pine Grove)
right on Tobacco Barn trail
right on clarksburg rd, briefly on grass shoulder
left into parking lot to Browning Run trail, veer left near top of first hill
becomes Purdum trail, veer right at trail intersection (there is a sign)
after going down steep hill, right on Kingsley trail (extension of Western Piedmont, gravel road)
cross clarksburg trail becomes Western Piedmont
after 0.1 miles, left on Beaver Valley (*6.5 mile route, stay on western piedmont to Pine Grove)
a few trail intersections through here, stay on beaver valley
uphill, stay right when intersecting Acorn Hollow
left on Bennett Ridge briefly
quick right onto Antler ridge
left on Woodcock Hollow
left on Bennett Ridge down hill at bottom
left onto Western Piedmont, cross bridge, uphill
right on Sidewinder before you get to old mill / house
left on Dark Branch trail, back to start