Frederick City Watershed

Lawn Mower–Powerline Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Lawn Mower–Powerline Trail, 4 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Hawbottom Heights, MD. It climbs 1,058 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,398 – 1,759 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.48119, -77.49244
Nearest town Hawbottom Heights, MD

Directions

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Lawn Mower–Powerline Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 1,397–1,759 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.48119, -77.49244

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miSharp right onto Upper VW Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto VW Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miReach Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Upper VW Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Lawn Mower, heading SE.
  18. 1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 250 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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