McCormack Overlook & Northern Peaks Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches McCormack Overlook. It climbs 633 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi794 – 1,066 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: A.M. Thomas Trail 39.26095, -77.39669
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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McCormack Overlook & Northern Peaks Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 794–1,065 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: A.M. Thomas Trail · 39.26095, -77.39669
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Northern Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass McCormack Overlook.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blue & White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach McCormack Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading S.
- 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from A.M. Thomas Trail Trailhead
- Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,224 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–Potomac Overlook, 7 viewpoints 1.9 mi · ▲ 589 ft
- Blue & White Trail–Mountain Loop Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 702 ft
- Potomac Overlook–Blue & White Trail Loop, 5 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 616 ft
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