Potomac Heritage Viewpoint–Clay Pond Loop, 3 sights is a 2.1-mile loop in Riverbend Park near Great Falls, MD. The route passes Clay Pond and Potomac Heritage Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi144 – 315 ft2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.00091, -77.25634
Nearest town Great Falls, MD
Directions
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Potomac Heritage Viewpoint–Clay Pond Loop, 3 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 48 min
Elevation 145–314 ft
Loop · Riverbend Park
Trailhead: 39.00091, -77.25634
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Clay Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Potomac Heritage Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Bootlegger Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bliss Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mine Run Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clay Pond–Carper's Pond, 5 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Patowmack Island–Beech Island, 7 groves 13.8 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Clay Pond–Black Pond, 4 lakes 4 mi · ▲ 197 ft
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