Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Calithea Trail, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rive Gauche Estates, MD. The route reaches Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It climbs 446 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Calithea Trail, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 176–393 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: 39.06781, -77.31345
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Calithea Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
- 0.2 miReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Fawn Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Paw Paw Viewpoint–Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 4 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Blockhouse Trail–Calithea Trail, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 174 ft
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