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Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze) is a 2-mile out-and-back in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park near Bolivar, WV. It climbs 348 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi354 – 630 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.33301, -77.76122
Nearest town Bolivar, WV

Directions

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Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze)

2 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 50 min

Elevation 354–629 ft

Out & Back · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Trailhead: 39.33301, -77.76122

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Night Battle Trail, heading S.
  5. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Bolivar Heights Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Night Battle Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading N.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 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 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM

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