Black Pond–Bootlegger Trail Loop, 4 sights is a 2.8-mile loop in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Black Pond. It is mostly level, with 178 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi151 – 308 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.02220, -77.25051
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
Directions
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Black Pond–Bootlegger Trail Loop, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 151–310 ft
Loop · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: 39.02220, -77.25051
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Black Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Jeffery Road, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
83% dirt8% gravel5% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Patowmack Island–Beech Island, 10 groves 13.6 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Potomac Heritage Viewpoint via Potomac Heritage Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Bootlegger Trail & Follow the Hollows Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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