Frederick City Watershed

3 Saws & VW Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 20 min

3 Saws & VW Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Laurelcrest, MD. It climbs 402 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,398 – 1,555 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.51093, -77.48176
Nearest town Laurelcrest, MD

Directions

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3 Saws & VW Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,397–1,557 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.51093, -77.48176

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto VW Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miSharp left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto 3 Saws, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach VW Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right onto VW Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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