Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Manahan Ranch Estates, MD. It climbs 1,078 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,217 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Raven Rock Park Road 39.67205, -77.49875
Nearest town Manahan Ranch Estates, MD
Directions
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Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,218–1,615 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Raven Rock Park Road · 39.67205, -77.49875
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Raven Rock Park Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Owens Creek Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Raven Rock Park Road, heading N.
- 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 surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Raven Rock Park Road Trailhead
- Browns Farm Nature Loop & Owens Creek Horse Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 510 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 511 ft
- Deerfield Nature Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 2 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Adirondack Horse Trail & Raven Rock Park Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 512 ft
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