Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,280 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi584 – 1,221 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gateway Trail 39.63375, -77.44928
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,280 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 583–1,220 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Gateway Trail · 39.63375, -77.44928
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gateway Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miReach Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.3 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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