Death March–Golf Ball Trail, 3 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 821 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Death March–Golf Ball Trail, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Lost Eden, MD. It climbs 821 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,224 – 1,765 ft7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.54496, -77.48024
Nearest town Lost Eden, MD
Directions
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Death March–Golf Ball Trail, 3 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 821 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 1,223–1,764 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: 39.54496, -77.48024
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Death March, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Not Blue, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golf Ball Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Death March, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Not Blue, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Death March, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Death March 3.7 mi · ▲ 574 ft
- Reanimator Viewpoint–Extended Death March, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 982 ft
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