Owens Creek Horse Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Manahan Ranch Estates, MD. It climbs 382 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,270 – 1,572 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.65532, -77.47732
Nearest town Manahan Ranch Estates, MD
Directions
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Owens Creek Horse Trail
3 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,270–1,572 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.65532, -77.47732
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 SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Deerfield Nature Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Owens Creek Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt1% paved1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Adirondack Horse Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,313 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail & Owens Creek Horse Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 519 ft
- Browns Farm Nature Loop & Browns Farm Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- Owens Creek Horse Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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