Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Carper's Pond. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi161 – 276 ft2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jeffery Road 39.02032, -77.24718
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
Directions
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Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 45 min
Elevation 162–276 ft
Out & Back · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: Jeffery Road · 39.02032, -77.24718
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jeffery Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftPass Carper's Pond.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Carper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Jeffery Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
59% dirt23% paved18% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Jeffery Road Trailhead
- Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 4 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Patowmack Island–Carper's Pond, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Potomac Heritage Trail & Riverbend Road Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Potomac Heritage Viewpoint & Follow the Hollows Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail 2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Follow the Hollows Trail & Madison's Escape Trail Loop via Bootlegger Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
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