Frederick City Watershed

Forest Road & Salamander Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 57 min

Forest Road & Salamander Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Cliffton Estates, MD. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,542 – 1,726 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.57330, -77.48584
Nearest town Cliffton Estates, MD

Directions

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Forest Road & Salamander Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 57 min

Elevation 1,542–1,725 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.57330, -77.48584

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Salamander Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right onto Forest Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miReach Forest Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Salamander Trail, heading N.
  6. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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