Riverbend Park

Carper's Pond–Bootlegger Trail, 4 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Carper's Pond–Bootlegger Trail, 4 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Great Falls, MD. The route reaches Carper's Pond. It climbs 416 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 328 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bliss Road 39.00847, -77.25772
Nearest town Great Falls, MD

Directions

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Carper's Pond–Bootlegger Trail, 4 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 160–329 ft

Out & Back · Riverbend Park

Trailhead: Bliss Road · 39.00847, -77.25772

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

  1. Start on Bliss Road & Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Weant Drive, heading E.
  4. 150 ftSharp left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miPass Carper's Pond.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 1.7 miBear left onto DCWA, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto DCWA, heading W.
  14. 100 ftReach Carper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.9 miBear left onto DCWA, heading SE.
  18. 300 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 400 ftSharp right onto Weant Drive, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bliss Road & Bootlegger Trail, heading S.
  26. 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 surface

91% dirt9% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

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