Middletown Overlook–Black Locust Loop, 4 sights
1.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 41 min
Middletown Overlook–Black Locust Loop, 4 sights is a 1.6-mile loop in Gambrill State Park near Hawbottom Heights, MD. The route reaches Middletown Overlook. It climbs 314 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,316 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 21%1.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Black/Yellow 39.47011, -77.49464
Nearest town Hawbottom Heights, MD
Directions
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Middletown Overlook–Black Locust Loop, 4 sights
1.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 41 min
Elevation 1,315–1,613 ft
Loop · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: Black/Yellow · 39.47011, -77.49464
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto White Oak Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow - Red - Black, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Black - Green, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Black Locust, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto High Knob Road, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Middletown Overlook.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar - Black Locust, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt1% boardwalk1% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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