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Frederick City Watershed

Sand Flat–Whisky Springs Pond, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Sand Flat–Whisky Springs Pond, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Cliffton Estates, MD. The route passes Whisky Springs Pond and Sand Flat. It climbs 371 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,499 – 1,752 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skink 39.56693, -77.49513
Nearest town Cliffton Estates, MD
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Sand Flat–Whisky Springs Pond, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 1,500–1,751 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Skink · 39.56693, -77.49513

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Skink, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Whisky Springs Pond.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Fireroad, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miPass Sand Flat.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Sand Flats Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Not Blue, heading E.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miReach Sand Flat, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Not Blue, heading N.
  14. 0.8 miBear right onto Sand Flats Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Fireroad, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skink, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sand-flat-sand-flat-out-back-5-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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