Overlook Cliff Trail (Green Blaze) is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park near Sandy Hook, MD. It climbs 979 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi285 – 981 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.33444, -77.71230
Nearest town Sandy Hook, MD
Directions
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Overlook Cliff Trail (Green Blaze)
3.9 mi · ▲ 979 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 284–981 ft
Out & Back · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Trailhead: 39.33444, -77.71230
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Overlook Cliff Trail (Red Blaze), heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Overlook Cliff Trail (Green Blaze), heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Overlook Cliff Trail (Green Blaze), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Overlook Cliff Trail (Red Blaze), heading SE.
- 1.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM
More from this trailhead
- Overlook Cliff Trail (Red Blaze) 2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Maryland Heights–Stone Fort, 3 summits 4.3 mi · ▲ 786 ft
- Maryland Heights Overlook & Overlook Cliff Trail (Red Blaze) 2.4 mi · ▲ 613 ft
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