AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Gambrill State Park

3 Saws–Catoctin Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,388 ft · 3 hr 10 min

3 Saws–Catoctin Trail, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Phelps, MD. It climbs 1,388 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green Ash - Yellow Poplar 39.46532, -77.49558
Nearest town Phelps, MD
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

3 Saws–Catoctin Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,388 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 892–1,615 ft

Out & Back · Gambrill State Park

Trailhead: Green Ash - Yellow Poplar · 39.46532, -77.49558

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Black/Yellow, heading N.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.3 miBear right onto 3 Saws, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Fun House, heading NE.
  14. 400 ftReach Yellow Poplar Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 400 ftTurn right onto 3 Saws, heading N.
  16. 100 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  17. 1.3 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading SW.
  18. 1.2 miTurn left onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.5 miTurn right onto Black/Yellow, heading SW.
  22. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/3-saws-catoctin-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt2% rock1% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from Green Ash - Yellow Poplar Trailhead

Hikes near Phelps, Maryland