Potomac Heritage Viewpoint & Follow the Hollows Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Potomac Heritage Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 316 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi151 – 282 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jeffery Road 39.02032, -77.24718
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD
Directions
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Potomac Heritage Viewpoint & Follow the Hollows Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail
2 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 49 min
Elevation 151–282 ft
Out & Back · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: Jeffery Road · 39.02032, -77.24718
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Potomac Heritage Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
87% dirt1% boardwalk1% gravel11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Jeffery Road Trailhead
- Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 4 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Patowmack Island–Carper's Pond, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Potomac Heritage Trail & Riverbend Road Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Carper's Pond & Potomac Heritage Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Black Pond–Carper's Pond, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Follow the Hollows Trail & Madison's Escape Trail Loop via Bootlegger Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
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