1. Start on Upper Ridge Trail, heading NE.
2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
3. 1.5 miTurn left onto New Berg, heading W.
4. 50 ftBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
5. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
7. 50 ftBear right onto Not Blue, heading N.
8. 0.8 miBear left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading SW.
9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
10. 1.3 miTurn left onto Old Blue Trail, heading W.
11. 0.3 miReach Catoctin National Recreation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
13. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading N.
14. 0.3 miBear right onto Not Blue, heading N.
15. 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
17. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
18. 0.8 miBear left onto New Berg, heading SE.
19. 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
20. 1.5 miSharp right onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading E.
21. 0.5 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-national-recreation-trail-catoctin-national-recreation-trail-out-back-3-sights-17-km-cad7