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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Huggy Bear, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old School, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pantyline, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Lawn Mower, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old School, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Access Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Lawn Mower, heading SE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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