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
- Start on The Sunrise Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass East View.
- 0.3 miBear left onto The Monadnock Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Sugarloaf Mountain.
- 50 ftPass The Monadnock Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Sugarloaf Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue & White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 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
More from The Sunrise Trail Trailhead
- Mountain Loop Trail & Northern Peaks Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- East View via Mountain Loop Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- East View–Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,694 ft
- Mountain Loop Trail–Northern Peaks Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 945 ft
- Blue & White Trail & Mountain Loop Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 742 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 958 ft
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