Bootjack Spring–Middletown Overlook Loop, 5 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 1 hr
Bootjack Spring–Middletown Overlook Loop, 5 sights is a 2.1-mile loop in Gambrill State Park near Phelps, MD. The route passes Middletown Overlook and Bootjack Spring. It climbs 592 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bootjack Spring–Middletown Overlook Loop, 5 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 1,028–1,615 ft
Loop · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: High Knob Road · 39.46221, -77.49576
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Middletown Overlook.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Black/Yellow, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Locust, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Bootjack Spring.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Catoctin - Black - Green, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Green Ash Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow - Red - Black, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Black - Green, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Black Locust, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto High Knob Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from High Knob Road Trailhead
- North Frederick Viewpoint–Middletown Overlook, 6 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,035 ft
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