Field Crest Spur Trail & Hard Rock Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Field Crest Spur Trail & Hard Rock Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Black Hill Regional Park near North Germantown, MD. It climbs 257 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi387 – 551 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19605, -77.27578
Nearest town North Germantown, MD
Directions
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Field Crest Spur Trail & Hard Rock Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 387–551 ft
Out & Back · Black Hill Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.19605, -77.27578
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Crystal Rock Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Black Hill Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Field Crest Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Field Crest Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Hard Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hard Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Field Crest Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Black Hill Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Crystal Rock Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 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
68% dirt19% paved8% boardwalk5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Little Seneca Lake–Little Seneca Reservoir Beach, 3 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Hard Rock Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 213 ft
- Hard Rock Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 231 ft
- Hard Rock Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 148 ft
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