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Point of Rocks Overlook via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

7.6 mi · ▲ 152 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Point of Rocks Overlook via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Tuscarora, MD. The route reaches Point of Rocks Overlook at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 152 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 400 ft · steepest grade: 30%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail 39.25020, -77.48301
Nearest town Tuscarora, MD
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Point of Rocks Overlook via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

7.6 mi · ▲ 152 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 216–400 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail · 39.25020, -77.48301

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading NW.
  3. 3.6 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 500 ftReach Point of Rocks Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 3.6 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/point-of-rocks-overlook-out-back

Trail surface

97% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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