McCormack Overlook–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches McCormack Overlook. It climbs 1,070 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi512 – 1,066 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail 39.25198, -77.39700
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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McCormack Overlook–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 511–1,065 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail · 39.25198, -77.39700
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass McCormack Overlook.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blue & White Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach McCormack Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Mountain Loop Trail Trailhead
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