Fishing Creek Reservoir & Double D via Wayne's Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Fishing Creek Reservoir & Double D via Wayne's Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. The route reaches Fishing Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 972 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Fishing Creek Reservoir & Double D via Wayne's Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 851–1,585 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: Little Canaan · 39.53508, -77.48072
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Little Canaan, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Canaan, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Wayne's Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Albatross, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Double D, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Albatross, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Fishing Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Double D, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Albatross, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Canaan, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Little Canaan, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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