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Algonkian Regional Park

Potomac Heritage Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Potomac Heritage Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Algonkian Regional Park near Sugarland Run, VA. It is mostly level, with 120 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 335 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.05899, -77.37505
Nearest town Sugarland Run, VA
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Potomac Heritage Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 185–336 ft

Out & Back · Algonkian Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.05899, -77.37505

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.8 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto DCWA, heading W.
  8. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Unblazed, no color, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 1.8 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potomac-heritage-trail-out-back-11-km-5e24

Trail surface

43% gravel27% paved27% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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