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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Closed Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Golf Ball Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Closed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Closed Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Black Locust–Blue Balls, 8 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 2,093 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Old Blue Trail & Pantyline via Wayne's Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft
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