Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Charcoal Exhibit Trail via Gateway Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 1,525 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi584 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Charcoal Exhibit Trail 39.64699, -77.44413
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Charcoal Exhibit Trail via Gateway Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,525 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 583–1,514 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Charcoal Exhibit Trail · 39.64699, -77.44413
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Charcoal Exhibit Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
- 2 miTurn left onto Gateway Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Charcoal Exhibit Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 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
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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