Golf Ball Trail & Not Blue
3.8 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Golf Ball Trail & Not Blue is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Five Forks, MD. It climbs 362 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,499 – 1,765 ft3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Golf Ball Trail 39.54981, -77.50105
Nearest town Five Forks, MD
Directions
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Golf Ball Trail & Not Blue
3.8 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,500–1,764 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
- Start on Golf Ball Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Not Blue, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Golf Ball Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Sand Flats Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golf Ball Trail, heading W.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from Golf Ball Trail Trailhead
- Golf Ball Trail–Not Blue, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 675 ft
- Closed Trail–Creampie, 5 sights 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,204 ft
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