High Rock & Appalachian National Scenic Trail
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,468 ft · 5 hr 32 min
High Rock & Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Hopkins Ridge, MD. The route reaches High Rock at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 2,468 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,063 – 1,867 ft · steepest grade: 27%13.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62827, -77.55957
Nearest town Hopkins Ridge, MD
Directions
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High Rock & Appalachian National Scenic Trail
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,468 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Elevation 1,064–1,868 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 39.62827, -77.55957
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 6.1 miReach High Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 6.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Annapolis Rock Spring via Pogo Campsite Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft
- Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft
- Black Rock via Pogo Campsite Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 1,413 ft
- Thurston Griggs Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,823 ft
- Appalachian National Scenic Viewpoint & Appalachian National Scenic Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,819 ft
- Old Road 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,510 ft
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