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Algonkian Regional Park

Eagle Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail

9 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Eagle Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Algonkian Regional Park near Rushville, MD. It is mostly level, with 143 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 367 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.05165, -77.33409
Nearest town Rushville, MD
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Eagle Trail & Unblazed, no color via Potomac Heritage Trail

9 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 185–369 ft

Out & Back · Algonkian Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.05165, -77.33409

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, no color, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 2.4 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bridge Spur Trail, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftSharp right onto Eagle Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miReach Unblazed, no color, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left onto Bridge Spur Trail, heading N.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
  14. 1.6 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading E.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dcwa-out-back

Trail surface

51% gravel37% dirt9% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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