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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  4. 350 ftReach East View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 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

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