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Potomack Lakes Sportsplex

Potomac Heritage Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 206 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Potomac Heritage Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Potomack Lakes Sportsplex near Sugarland Run, VA. It is mostly level, with 206 ft of elevation gain. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 377 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Potomac Heritage Trail 39.05527, -77.38118
Nearest town Sugarland Run, VA
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Potomac Heritage Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 206 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 185–376 ft

Out & Back · Potomack Lakes Sportsplex

Trailhead: Potomac Heritage Trail · 39.05527, -77.38118

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

Transit-accessible: Our Lady of Hope stop 597 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  11. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 1.5 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/potomac-heritage-trail-out-back-10-km-7daf

Trail surface

44% gravel39% dirt13% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Our Lady of Hope stop 597 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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