Follow the Hollows Trail & Madison's Escape Trail Loop via Bootlegger Trail is a 2.4-mile loop in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi154 – 308 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jeffery Road 39.02032, -77.24718
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
Directions
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Follow the Hollows Trail & Madison's Escape Trail Loop via Bootlegger Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 55 min
Elevation 154–310 ft
Loop · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: Jeffery Road · 39.02032, -77.24718
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jeffery Road, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
94% dirt6% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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