AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area

Dr. Belt Trail & Ridgeline Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Dr. Belt Trail & Ridgeline Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area near Greenfield Mills, MD. It climbs 549 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi240 – 469 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dr. Belt Trail 39.26070, -77.41926
Nearest town Greenfield Mills, MD
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Dr. Belt Trail & Ridgeline Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 238–469 ft

Out & Back · Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area

Trailhead: Dr. Belt Trail · 39.26070, -77.41926

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dr. Belt Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miReach Dr. Belt Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dr. Belt Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.2 miArrive 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/dr-belt-trail-ridgeline-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Greenfield Mills, Maryland