Mountain Loop Trail–Northern Peaks Trail, 3 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. It climbs 945 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi509 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25947, -77.39113
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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Mountain Loop Trail–Northern Peaks Trail, 3 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 945 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 508–1,002 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: 39.25947, -77.39113
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Mountain Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
93% dirt1% paved6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- East View via Mountain Loop Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,694 ft
- Blue & White Trail & Mountain Loop Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 742 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 958 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–East View Loop, 6 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,090 ft
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