Black Locust & White Oak Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Black Locust & White Oak Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Hollow Road Estates, MD. It climbs 709 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Black Locust & White Oak Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,018–1,513 ft
Out & Back · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: 39.46309, -77.50551
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Black Locust, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Black Locust, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Black Locust, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
- 0.9 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Black Locust–Blue Balls, 4 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,528 ft
- Yellow Poplar 2.8 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Frederick Overlook & Middletown Overlook via Black Locust 2.5 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- North Frederick Viewpoint & Black Locust 2.2 mi · ▲ 691 ft
- White Oak Trail & Yellow Poplar 5.2 mi · ▲ 855 ft
- Bootjack Spring–Black Locust, 6 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft
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