Frederick City Watershed

Death March via Catoctin National Recreation Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 572 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Death March via Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Baugher Woods, MD. It climbs 572 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,332 – 1,624 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail 39.56867, -77.45639
Nearest town Baugher Woods, MD

Directions

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Death March via Catoctin National Recreation Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 572 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 1,331–1,626 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail · 39.56867, -77.45639

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.4 miTurn left onto New Berg, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftBear left onto Death March, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miReach Death March, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  7. 200 ftBear left onto New Berg, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
  9. 1.4 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
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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