South Mountain State Park Sunset Point & Thurston Griggs Trail is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Bagtown, MD. The route reaches South Mountain State Park Sunset Point at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 1,756 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi863 – 1,811 ft · steepest grade: 20%10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Thurston Griggs Trail 39.58301, -77.60324
Nearest town Bagtown, MD
Directions
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South Mountain State Park Sunset Point & Thurston Griggs Trail
9.6 mi · ▲ 1,756 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 864–1,810 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Thurston Griggs Trail · 39.58301, -77.60324
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Thurston Griggs Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 3.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach South Mountain State Park Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 4.3 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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