Frederick City Watershed

Death March

3.7 mi · ▲ 574 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Death March is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Lost Eden, MD. It climbs 574 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,224 – 1,624 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.54496, -77.48024
Nearest town Lost Eden, MD

Directions

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Death March

3.7 mi · ▲ 574 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,223–1,626 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 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  4. 200 ftBear left onto New Berg, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miReach Death March, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto New Berg, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Death March, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 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

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