Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain near Stronghold, MD. The route passes The Monadnock Viewpoint, Sugarloaf Mountain and McCormack Overlook. It climbs 1,224 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi515 – 1,273 ft · steepest grade: 33%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: A.M. Thomas Trail 39.26095, -77.39669
Nearest town Stronghold, MD
Directions
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Sugarloaf Mountain–McCormack Overlook, 5 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,224 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 515–1,273 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain
Trailhead: A.M. Thomas Trail · 39.26095, -77.39669
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass The Monadnock Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Sugarloaf Mountain.
- 150 ftTurn right onto The Monadnock Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass McCormack Overlook.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blue & White Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Saddleback Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Sugarloaf Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue & White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Northern Peaks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto The Monadnock Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto A.M. Thomas Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
66% dirt34% 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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- Potomac Overlook–Blue & White Trail Loop, 5 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 616 ft
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