Sugarloaf Mountain

Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 688 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Comus Sugarloaf, MD. It climbs 688 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi515 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail 39.26419, -77.38033
Nearest town Comus Sugarloaf, MD

Directions

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Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 688 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 515–1,011 ft

Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain

Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail · 39.26419, -77.38033

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

  1. Start on Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miBear left onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miReach Mountain Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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