AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Brunswick, MD. The route reaches Catoctin Creek at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 236 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail 39.30771, -77.61472
Nearest town Brunswick, MD
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Catoctin Creek via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 216–236 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail · 39.30771, -77.61472

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading E.
  2. 2.5 miReach Catoctin Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2.5 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-8-km-836e

Trail surface

100% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Brunswick, Maryland