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Frederick City Watershed

Huggy Bear–Knuckle Buster Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Huggy Bear–Knuckle Buster Trail, 5 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Laurelcrest, MD. It climbs 506 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,398 – 1,716 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.51093, -77.48176
Nearest town Laurelcrest, MD
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Huggy Bear–Knuckle Buster Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 1,397–1,715 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.51093, -77.48176

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto VW Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Upper VW Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Stoner Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Lawn Mower, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 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/huggy-bear-knuckle-buster-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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