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Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

13.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Tuscarora, MD. The route reaches Catoctin Creek at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi210 – 236 ft13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail 39.25020, -77.48301
Nearest town Tuscarora, MD
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Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

13.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Elevation 209–236 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail · 39.25020, -77.48301

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading NW.
  3. 3.6 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 3.2 miContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, heading W.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftReach Catoctin Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, heading W.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading W.
  9. 3.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 3.6 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-creek-out-back

Trail surface

99% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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