East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches East View. It climbs 1,694 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi482 – 1,020 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: The Sunrise Trail 39.26061, -77.38999
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,694 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 483–1,020 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: The Sunrise Trail · 39.26061, -77.38999
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass East View.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
- 3.2 miReach East View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading S.
- 2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 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
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from The Sunrise Trail Trailhead
- Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- East View via Mountain Loop Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Mountain Loop Trail–Northern Peaks Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 945 ft
- Blue & White Trail & Mountain Loop Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 742 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 958 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–East View Loop, 6 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,090 ft
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