Potomac Overlook & Mountain Loop Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route reaches Potomac Overlook at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 340 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi512 – 856 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail 39.25366, -77.39310
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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Potomac Overlook & Mountain Loop Trail
2 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 50 min
Elevation 511–858 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: Mountain Loop Trail · 39.25366, -77.39310
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftReach Potomac Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 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
92% dirt8% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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- White Rocks–Mountain Loop Trail, 3 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft
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