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Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. It climbs 1,044 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi522 – 1,011 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail 39.25630, -77.39170
Nearest town Stronghold, MD

Directions

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Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,044 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 521–1,011 ft

Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain

Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail · 39.25630, -77.39170

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start on Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.3 miTurn left onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 miReach Mountain Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.3 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.8 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