Frederick City Watershed

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading NW.
  4. 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Killer Bee, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miReach Blue Balls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Killer Bee, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  18. 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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