Blue Balls–Killer Bee, 3 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Blue Balls–Killer Bee, 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Laurelcrest, MD. It climbs 304 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,545 – 1,660 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52539, -77.48421
Nearest town Laurelcrest, MD
Directions
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Blue Balls–Killer Bee, 3 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 1,547–1,659 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: 39.52539, -77.48421
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading S.
- 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.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Killer Bee, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Blue Balls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Killer Bee, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 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 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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