Blockhouse Trail–Calithea Trail, 5 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rive Gauche Estates, MD. It is mostly level, with 174 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi269 – 407 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.06781, -77.31345
Nearest town Rive Gauche Estates, MD
Directions
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Blockhouse Trail–Calithea Trail, 5 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 55 min
Elevation 268–406 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: 39.06781, -77.31345
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Calithea Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Calithea Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Upland Woods Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Springhouse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Calithea Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
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- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Calithea Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 446 ft
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