Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 1,160 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Altogether, MD. The route reaches Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 1,160 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 1,160 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 568–1,220 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62624, -77.44100
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 W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Gateway Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Gateway Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 390 ft
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- Gateway Trail Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 779 ft
- Gateway Trail Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 782 ft
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