Kubla Khan & Powerline Trail via Yellow Poplar
3.6 mi · ▲ 916 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Kubla Khan & Powerline Trail via Yellow Poplar is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Hawbottom Heights, MD. It climbs 916 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Kubla Khan & Powerline Trail via Yellow Poplar
3.6 mi · ▲ 916 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 928–1,759 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: Yellow Poplar · 39.48190, -77.49793
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Kubla Khan, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 9 min before dark.
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