Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint & Appalachian National Scenic Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,819 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint & Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Hagerstown Watershed near Hopkins Ridge, MD. The route reaches Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,819 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint & Appalachian National Scenic Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,819 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Elevation 1,064–1,706 ft
Out & Back · Hagerstown Watershed
Trailhead: 39.62827, -77.55957
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 3.8 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading E.
- 3.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- High Rock & Appalachian National Scenic Trail 12.9 mi · ▲ 2,468 ft
- Annapolis Rock Spring via Pogo Campsite Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft
- Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft
- Black Rock via Pogo Campsite Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 1,413 ft
- Thurston Griggs Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,823 ft
- Old Road 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,510 ft
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