Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Mount Ephraim, MD. The route passes The Monadnock Viewpoint and Sugarloaf Mountain before reaching McCormack Overlook at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 1,083 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi509 – 1,273 ft · steepest grade: 36%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail 39.25229, -77.40201
Nearest town Mount Ephraim, MD
Directions
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Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 1,083 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 508–1,273 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: Saddleback Horse Trail · 39.25229, -77.40201
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Saddleback Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass The Monadnock Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Sugarloaf Mountain.
- 200 ftTurn right onto The Monadnock Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass McCormack Overlook.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blue & White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Sugarloaf Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto The Monadnock Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 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
87% dirt13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- McCormack Overlook–Mountain Loop Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 828 ft
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