35 Trails in Germantown, 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. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
7. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
8. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
9. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
10. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
11. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
12. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
13. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
14. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
15. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
16. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
17. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
18. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
19. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
20. Two Creeks Trail Area Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Leesburg
21. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
22. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
23. Lower Magruder Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Damascus
24. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
25. Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
26. Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park Trail Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Leesburg
27. Beaver Dam Reservoir Beginner difficulty 2 ** Ashburn
28. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
29. Highside Trail Advanced difficulty 2.0 ** Lansdowne
30. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
31. Gillis Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ** Mount Airy
32. Northwest Branch Trail  difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
33. Patuxent River State Park  difficulty 10.0 Annapolis Rock
34. Watts Branch Forest Preserve  difficulty 1.0 Rockville
35. Beavertale Trail  difficulty 1.1 Rockville

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