Frederick City Watershed

Closed Trail & Golf Ball Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Closed Trail & Golf Ball Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Lost Eden, MD. It climbs 619 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,388 – 1,696 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.53550, -77.49681
Nearest town Lost Eden, MD

Directions

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Closed Trail & Golf Ball Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 1,388–1,697 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.53550, -77.49681

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Blue Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Closed Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Golf Ball Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miReach Closed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Closed Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Blue Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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