Gambrill State Park

Green Ash Trail & White Oak Trail via Yellow Poplar

3.2 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Green Ash Trail & White Oak Trail via Yellow Poplar is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Hawbottom Heights, MD. It climbs 394 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,339 – 1,641 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Poplar 39.48190, -77.49793
Nearest town Hawbottom Heights, MD

Directions

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Green Ash Trail & White Oak Trail via Yellow Poplar

3.2 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 1,339–1,640 ft

Out & Back · Gambrill State Park

Trailhead: Yellow Poplar · 39.48190, -77.49793

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

  1. Start on Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
  2. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto White Oak Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin - Black, heading E.
  11. 150 ftReach White Oak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

93% dirt1% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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