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Gateway Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Altogether, MD. It climbs 390 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi824 – 1,240 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62624, -77.44100
Nearest town Altogether, MD

Directions

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Gateway Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 823–1,239 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Gateway Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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