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Sugarloaf Mountain–East View Loop, 6 sights is a 5.4-mile loop in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route passes East View, Sugarloaf Mountain and The Monadnock Viewpoint. It climbs 1,090 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi509 – 1,273 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: The Sunrise Trail 39.26061, -77.38999
Nearest town Stronghold, MD

Directions

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Sugarloaf Mountain–East View Loop, 6 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,090 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 508–1,273 ft

Loop · Sugarloaf Mountain

Trailhead: The Sunrise Trail · 39.26061, -77.38999

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on The Sunrise Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass East View.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto The Monadnock Trail, heading W.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftPass Sugarloaf Mountain.
  6. 50 ftPass The Monadnock Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading W.
  10. 300 ftTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miReach Sugarloaf Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 2.9 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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