Kubla Khan & Rocky-Stream Bed Trail via Yellow Poplar
3 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Kubla Khan & Rocky-Stream Bed Trail via Yellow Poplar is a 3-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Mountain Laurel Estates, MD. It climbs 860 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi728 – 1,588 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Stoner Road (closed) 39.49042, -77.47437
Nearest town Mountain Laurel Estates, MD
Directions
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Kubla Khan & Rocky-Stream Bed Trail via Yellow Poplar
3 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 729–1,589 ft
Out & Back · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: Stoner Road (closed) · 39.49042, -77.47437
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rocky-Stream Bed Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Kubla Khan, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Rocky-Stream Bed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Kubla Khan, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Rocky-Stream Bed Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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