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Bloody Lane Trail–Three Farm Trail, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Antietam National Battlefield near Porterstown, MD. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi335 – 482 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tidball Trail 39.46475, -77.73149
Nearest town Porterstown, MD

Directions

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Bloody Lane Trail–Three Farm Trail, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 333–483 ft

Out & Back · Antietam National Battlefield

Trailhead: Tidball Trail · 39.46475, -77.73149

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start on Tidball Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Three Farm Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Bloody Lane Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miReach Tidball Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Three Farm Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto Tidball Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:11 PM