Frederick City Watershed

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

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Death March, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Not Blue, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miBear left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golf Ball Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miReach Death March, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Not Blue, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Death March, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 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