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Frederick City Watershed

Golf Ball Trail–Not Blue, 3 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Golf Ball Trail–Not Blue, 3 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Five Forks, MD. It climbs 675 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,398 – 1,765 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Golf Ball Trail 39.54981, -77.50105
Nearest town Five Forks, MD
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Golf Ball Trail–Not Blue, 3 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Elevation 1,398–1,764 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Golf Ball Trail · 39.54981, -77.50105

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Golf Ball Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Not Blue, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.8 miBear left onto New Berg, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miBear left onto Viper, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach Golf Ball Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto New Berg, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Not Blue, heading NW.
  17. 0.8 miBear left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golf Ball Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/golf-ball-trail-not-blue-out-back-3-sights-12-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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