Potomac Overlook–Blue & White Trail Loop, 5 sights is a 4.3-mile loop in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches Potomac Overlook. It climbs 616 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi509 – 909 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25877, -77.39801
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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Potomac Overlook–Blue & White Trail Loop, 5 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 616 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 508–908 ft
Loop · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: 39.25877, -77.39801
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Potomac Overlook.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Potomac Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Blue & White Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- McCormack Overlook & Northern Peaks Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,224 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–Potomac Overlook, 7 viewpoints 1.9 mi · ▲ 589 ft
- Blue & White Trail–Mountain Loop Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 702 ft
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