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Frederick City Watershed

Spout Spring–3 Saws, 8 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Spout Spring–3 Saws, 8 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Fishers Hollow, MD. The route reaches Spout Spring at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,059 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 1,723 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Headless Hollow 39.49565, -77.50041
Nearest town Fishers Hollow, MD
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Spout Spring–3 Saws, 8 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 722–1,723 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Headless Hollow · 39.49565, -77.50041

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Headless Hollow, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Stoner Road, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto 3 Saws, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Fun House, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto The Nose, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto 3 Saws, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Boundary Line, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto 3 Saws, heading S.
  12. 50 ftPass Spout Spring.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Boundary Line, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stoner Road (closed), heading SE.
  15. 100 ftSharp right onto Rocky-Stream Bed Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Kubla Khan, heading NW.
  18. 1.1 miTurn left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading S.
  20. 400 ftArrive 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/spout-spring-3-saws-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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