Algonkian Regional Park

Potomac Heritage Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Potomac Heritage Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Algonkian Regional Park near Sugarland Run, VA. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 377 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Potomac Heritage Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 185–376 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. 2.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading E.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector, Yellow to Gravel Road, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 2.1 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 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

54% dirt28% gravel18% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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