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Gambrill State Park

Catoctin - Black - Green–Green Ash Trail, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Catoctin - Black - Green–Green Ash Trail, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Hawbottom Heights, MD. It climbs 670 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,027 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Poplar 39.47963, -77.49290
Nearest town Hawbottom Heights, MD
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Catoctin - Black - Green–Green Ash Trail, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,028–1,615 ft

Out & Back · Gambrill State Park

Trailhead: Yellow Poplar · 39.47963, -77.49290

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start on Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin - Black - Green, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Green Ash Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftSharp right onto Black/Yellow, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  18. 0.1 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/catoctin-black-green-green-ash-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt2% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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