Frederick City Watershed

Blue Balls–Huggy Bear, 4 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,054 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Blue Balls–Huggy Bear, 4 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Fishers Hollow, MD. It climbs 1,054 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 1,723 ft · steepest grade: 39%7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Powerline Trail 39.49990, -77.49845
Nearest town Fishers Hollow, MD

Directions

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Blue Balls–Huggy Bear, 4 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,054 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 877–1,723 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Powerline Trail · 39.49990, -77.49845

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading E.
  3. 250 ftSharp left onto Huggy Bear, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading N.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NE.
  9. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old School, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Pantyline, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miReach Lawn Mower, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miBear right onto Old School, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Access Trail, heading W.
  18. 150 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading NW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading S.
  24. 450 ftTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading SW.
  25. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lawn Mower, heading SE.
  26. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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