Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Deerfield Nature Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Manahan Ranch Estates, MD. It climbs 771 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,211 – 1,611 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Deerfield Nature Trail 39.65919, -77.48820
Nearest town Manahan Ranch Estates, MD
Directions
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Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Deerfield Nature Trail
4 mi · ▲ 771 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,211–1,611 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Deerfield Nature Trail · 39.65919, -77.48820
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Owens Creek Campground Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Deerfield Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miReach Deerfield Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Deerfield Nature Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Owens Creek Campground Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Deerfield Nature Trail Trailhead
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 4 mi · ▲ 668 ft
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