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East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Comus Sugarloaf, MD. The route reaches East View at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 677 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi515 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail 39.26419, -77.38033
Nearest town Comus Sugarloaf, MD

Directions

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East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 677 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 515–1,011 ft

Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain

Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail · 39.26419, -77.38033

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

  1. Start on Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miSharp left onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miReach East View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

55% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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