Bootjack Spring & Yellow Poplar Trail Loop
1.2 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 33 min
Bootjack Spring & Yellow Poplar Trail Loop is a 1.2-mile loop in Gambrill State Park near Hawbottom Heights, MD. The route reaches Bootjack Spring. It climbs 296 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,299 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 18%1.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Poplar 39.46980, -77.49482
Nearest town Hawbottom Heights, MD
Directions
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Bootjack Spring & Yellow Poplar Trail Loop
1.2 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 33 min
Elevation 1,299–1,615 ft
Loop · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: Yellow Poplar · 39.46980, -77.49482
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Black/Yellow, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Locust, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Bootjack Spring.
- 450 ftBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Black/Yellow, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
- 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.
Trail surface
75% dirt25% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Poplar Trailhead
- Lawn Mower–Powerline Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 483 ft
- Catoctin Trail–Lawn Mower Loop, 5 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,025 ft
- Middletown Overlook–Black Locust Loop, 4 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft
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