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Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Calithea Trail–Springhouse Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 470 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Calithea Trail–Springhouse Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rushville, MD. It climbs 470 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 394 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Calithea Trail 39.06947, -77.32513
Nearest town Rushville, MD
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Calithea Trail–Springhouse Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 470 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 203–393 ft

Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Trailhead: Calithea Trail · 39.06947, -77.32513

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start on Calithea Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upland Woods Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old South River Road Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NW.
  8. 300 ftTurn right onto Fawn Trail, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Springhouse Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blockhouse Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Calithea Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/calithea-trail-springhouse-trail-out-back-3-sights

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Hikes near Rushville, Maryland