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Frederick City Watershed

Spout Spring–Fishing Creek Reservoir, 10 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,386 ft · 5 hr

Spout Spring–Fishing Creek Reservoir, 10 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Mountain Laurel Estates, MD. The route passes Spout Spring and Fishing Creek Reservoir. It climbs 2,386 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 1,627 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stoner Road (closed) 39.49042, -77.47437
Nearest town Mountain Laurel Estates, MD
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Spout Spring–Fishing Creek Reservoir, 10 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,386 ft · 5 hr

Elevation 722–1,629 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Stoner Road (closed) · 39.49042, -77.47437

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stoner Road (closed), heading NW.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boundary Line, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto 3 Saws, heading N.
  4. 50 ftPass Spout Spring.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Boundary Line, heading W.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Stoner Rd-(Legacy), heading W.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Boundary Line, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto 3 Saws, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stoner Road, heading N.
  10. 1.1 miBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miBear right onto Wayne's Trail, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Albatross, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Double D, heading E.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Albatross, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miPass Fishing Creek Reservoir.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftContinue straight onto Treegina, heading NE.
  23. 0.9 miReach Spout Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading S.
  25. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Albatross, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miBear right onto Double D, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Albatross, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading W.
  32. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Access Trail, heading W.
  34. 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading SW.
  35. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading W.
  37. 100 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
  39. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading SE.
  40. 1.1 miContinue straight onto 3 Saws, heading SE.
  41. 150 ftBear right onto Boundary Line, heading S.
  42. 0.3 miTurn right onto Stoner Rd-(Legacy), heading E.
  43. 0.5 miBear right onto Boundary Line, heading S.
  44. 150 ftContinue straight onto 3 Saws, heading S.
  45. 150 ftContinue straight onto Boundary Line, heading S.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stoner Road (closed), heading S.
  47. 50 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-fishing-creek-reservoir-out-back-11-sights

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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