Frederick City Watershed

Forest Road & Iceburg via Upper Ridge Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 1,655 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Forest Road & Iceburg via Upper Ridge Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 1,655 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,749 ft · steepest grade: 28%13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52875, -77.46667
Nearest town White Rocks, MD

Directions

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Forest Road & Iceburg via Upper Ridge Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 1,655 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Elevation 784–1,748 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.52875, -77.46667

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tears of a Clown, heading N.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto New Berg, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Iceburg, heading W.
  10. 1.7 miBear right onto Forest Road, heading N.
  11. 350 ftReach Iceburg, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto Iceburg, heading E.
  13. 1.7 miTurn right onto New Berg, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto The Pit, heading N.
  17. 1.7 miSharp right onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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