East View via Mountain Loop Trail is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches East View at the turnaround, 0.6 miles in. It climbs 387 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi712 – 948 ft · steepest grade: 25%1.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25947, -77.39113
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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East View via Mountain Loop Trail
1.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 38 min
Elevation 713–947 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: 39.25947, -77.39113
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 SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftReach East View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
69% dirt31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,694 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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