Sand Flat & Nordic Track via Salamander Trail
3 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Sand Flat & Nordic Track via Salamander Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Cliffton Estates, MD. The route reaches Sand Flat at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,673 – 1,834 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Salamander Trail 39.57505, -77.48808
Nearest town Cliffton Estates, MD
Directions
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Sand Flat & Nordic Track via Salamander Trail
3 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,672–1,833 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: Salamander Trail · 39.57505, -77.48808
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Salamander Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red By-Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Salamander Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Skink, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Fireroad, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Sand Flat.
- 250 ftBear left onto Sand Flats Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Nordic Track, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Sand Flat, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sand Flats Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto Fireroad, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Skink, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Salamander Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red By-Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Salamander Trail, heading NE.
- 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
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
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