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South Mountain State Park

Old Road via Thurston Griggs Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,316 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Old Road via Thurston Griggs Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Bagtown, MD. It climbs 1,316 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 1,693 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Thurston Griggs Trail 39.58301, -77.60324
Nearest town Bagtown, MD
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Old Road via Thurston Griggs Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,316 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 864–1,693 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain State Park

Trailhead: Thurston Griggs Trail · 39.58301, -77.60324

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thurston Griggs Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Old Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.9 miReach Old Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Thurston Griggs Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-road-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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