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Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
Length	9 miles (14 km)
Location	Montgomery County, Maryland
Trailheads	C&O Canal at Pennyfield Lock, Potomac Horse Center, Darnestown Road
Use	Hiking, Biking, equestrianism
Surface	natural

The Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 9 miles (14 km) long natural surface trail that runs from the Potomac River to Darnestown Road in Montgomery County, MD The trail runs near the course of Muddy Branch, a tributary stream of the Potomac River that originates in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

The trail starts at Pennyfield Lock Road near the C&O Canal's Pennyfield Lock, Crosses Muddy Branch and runs through Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, across River Road and on to Esworthy Road. From there, the trail crosses the road and enters Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park and continues in the park until the end at Darnestown Road

Trail sections

Section	Name
Section 0	Pennyfield Lock (Potomac River) to River Road
Section 1	River Road to Esworthy Road
Section 2	Esworthy Road to Turkeyfoot Road
Section 3	Turkeyfoot Road to Quince Orchard Road
Section 4	Quince Orchard Road to Rt 28

• Different parts of the Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
• 
  Parking area on Maryland Route 355 for the Great Seneca Stream Valley Park
• 
  Ferns by the side of the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail in Germantown, MD

References

Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch, crossing under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, just before emptying into the Potomac River
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Montgomery
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Gaithersburg, MD
Mouth	Potomac River
• location	North of Pennyfield Lock, Potomac, MD
• coordinates	39°03′16″N 77°17′37″W
Length	11.9 miles (19.2 km)