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East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Sugarloaf West, MD. The route reaches East View at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 723 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27304, -77.40092
Nearest town Sugarloaf West, MD

Directions

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East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 538–1,002 ft

Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain

Trailhead: 39.27304, -77.40092

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miReach East View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading W.
  10. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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