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Riverbend Park

Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Carper's Pond. It is mostly level, with 246 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 262 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.02220, -77.25051
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
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Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 160–263 ft

Out & Back · Riverbend Park

Trailhead: 39.02220, -77.25051

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftPass Carper's Pond.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 1.7 miReach Carper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftArrive 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/carpers-pond-carpers-pond-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

92% dirt8% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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