Moler Farm Trail & Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) via Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze) is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park near Bolivar, WV. It climbs 886 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi358 – 656 ft6.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) 39.32827, -77.75789
Nearest town Bolivar, WV
Directions
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Moler Farm Trail & Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) via Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze)
6.5 mi · ▲ 886 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 357–656 ft
Out & Back · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Trailhead: Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) · 39.32827, -77.75789
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start on Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Valley View Trail (Yellow Blaze), heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right onto Night Battle Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Moler Farm Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miReach Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Night Battle Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Valley View Trail (Yellow Blaze), heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), heading NE.
- 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
98% dirt2% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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