Clay Pond–Bootlegger Trail Loop, 4 sights is a 3.2-mile loop in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Clay Pond. It climbs 371 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi144 – 328 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jeffery Road 39.02032, -77.24718
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
Directions
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Clay Pond–Bootlegger Trail Loop, 4 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 145–329 ft
Loop · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: Jeffery Road · 39.02032, -77.24718
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Clay Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mine Run Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bliss Road & Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Weant Drive, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jeffery Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
88% dirt5% paved2% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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