Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Old Blue Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Old Blue Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 676 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,348 – 1,755 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail 39.53697, -77.47923
Nearest town White Rocks, MD
Directions
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Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Old Blue Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 1,347–1,756 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail · 39.53697, -77.47923
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Old Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Old Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Old Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Old Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Old Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive 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% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
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