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Frederick City Watershed

Catoctin - Black - Green–Huggy Bear, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,346 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Catoctin - Black - Green–Huggy Bear, 4 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Laurelcrest, MD. It climbs 1,346 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,027 – 1,759 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail 39.51594, -77.49406
Nearest town Laurelcrest, MD
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Catoctin - Black - Green–Huggy Bear, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,346 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 1,028–1,759 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail · 39.51594, -77.49406

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lawn Mower, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin - Black - Green, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miReach Huggy Bear, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading N.
  22. 250 ftSharp left onto Huggy Bear, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading NE.
  24. 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/catoctin-black-green-huggy-bear-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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