Frederick City Watershed

Private Property Trail via Upper Ridge Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 937 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Private Property Trail via Upper Ridge Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 937 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 1,250 ft · steepest grade: 29%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52875, -77.46667
Nearest town White Rocks, MD

Directions

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Private Property Trail via Upper Ridge Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 937 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 741–1,251 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.52875, -77.46667

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Private Property Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miReach Private Property Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.8 miBear left onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 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.

Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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