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Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

Potomac River & Blue Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail

1.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 24 min

Potomac River & Blue Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail is a 1.1-mile out-and-back in Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park near Leesburg, VA. The route reaches Potomac River at the turnaround, 0.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 322 ft1.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.12478, -77.52914
Nearest town Leesburg, VA
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Potomac River & Blue Trail via Potomac Heritage Trail

1.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 24 min

Elevation 226–323 ft

Out & Back · Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.12478, -77.52914

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 500 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftPass Potomac River.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potomac-river-blue-trail-out-back-2-km

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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