Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,738 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi568 – 1,545 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64764, -77.44816
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,738 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 568–1,545 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.64764, -77.44816
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Gateway Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 652 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 652 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 351 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 652 ft
- Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 843 ft
- Hunting Creek Lake & Cunningham Falls State Park Beach via Hog Rock Loop Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 742 ft
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