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Frederick City Watershed

Catoctin National Recreation Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 53 min

Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 357 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,358 – 1,539 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52873, -77.48162
Nearest town White Rocks, MD
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Catoctin National Recreation Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 53 min

Elevation 1,359–1,540 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.52873, -77.48162

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Soccer Mom, heading N.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Connector, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Canaan, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 200 ftBear left onto Pond Access Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
  10. 400 ftSharp left onto Trail 4, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 1 miBear left onto Blue Connector, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Soccer Mom, heading S.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 250 ftArrive 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-out-back-3-km-08fb

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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