Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Manahan Ranch Estates, MD. It climbs 1,180 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,211 – 1,611 ft7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.65532, -77.47732
Nearest town Manahan Ranch Estates, MD
Directions
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Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,211–1,611 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.65532, -77.47732
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Owens Creek Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Adirondack Horse Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,313 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 519 ft
- Browns Farm Nature Loop & Browns Farm Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 3 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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