Gateway Trail Loop is a 3.5-mile loop in Catoctin Mountain Park near Altogether, MD. It climbs 779 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi824 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62624, -77.44100
Nearest town Altogether, MD
Directions
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Gateway Trail Loop
3.5 mi · ▲ 779 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 823–1,514 ft
Loop · 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 ftContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 5.2 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Gateway Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,160 ft
- Cunningham Falls–Hog Rock Loop, 4 viewpoints 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,438 ft
- Gateway Trail Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 782 ft
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