Frederick Overlook –Middletown Overlook, 5 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Frederick Overlook –Middletown Overlook, 5 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Fishers Hollow, MD. The route passes Middletown Overlook before reaching Frederick Overlook at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 679 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Frederick Overlook –Middletown Overlook, 5 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 1,492–1,759 ft
Out & Back · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: Powerline Trail · 39.49990, -77.49845
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Powerline Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Black Locust, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Middletown Overlook.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto High Knob Road, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Green Ash, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Frederick Overlook , then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto High Knob Road, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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