AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Frederick City Watershed

Forest Road & Iceburg

3.6 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Forest Road & Iceburg is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Cliffton Estates, MD. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,588 – 1,749 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 39.57301, -77.47568
Nearest town Cliffton Estates, MD
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Forest Road & Iceburg

3.6 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 1,589–1,748 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Forest Road · 39.57301, -77.47568

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Forest Road, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftBear left onto Iceburg, heading S.
  3. 1.7 miReach Forest Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.7 miBear right onto Forest Road, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forest-road-iceburg-out-back-6-km-488d

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Cliffton Estates, Maryland