Riverbend Park

Potomac Heritage Viewpoint via Potomac Heritage Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 56 min

Potomac Heritage Viewpoint via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Potomac Hunt Acres, MD. The route reaches Potomac Heritage Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 261 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 305 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.02220, -77.25051
Nearest town Potomac Hunt Acres, MD

Directions

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Potomac Heritage Viewpoint via Potomac Heritage Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 56 min

Elevation 151–304 ft

Out & Back · Riverbend Park

Trailhead: 39.02220, -77.25051

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  14. 100 ftReach Potomac Heritage Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Follow the Hollows Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Madison's Escape Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 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

80% dirt8% paved1% gravel11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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