Greenbrier State Park Beach–Bartmans Hill Trail, 3 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Greenbrier, MD. The route reaches Greenbrier State Park Beach. It climbs 2,174 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,024 – 1,811 ft · steepest grade: 20%12.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Trail 39.53718, -77.61277
Nearest town Greenbrier, MD
Directions
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Greenbrier State Park Beach–Bartmans Hill Trail, 3 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,174 ft · 5 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,024–1,810 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 39.53718, -77.61277
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Greenbrier State Park Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bartmans Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 4.3 miBear right onto Old Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Greenbrier State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 4.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Bartmans Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 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
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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