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The Burnside Sycamore & Final Attack Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Antietam National Battlefield near Forge Hill Estates, MD. The route reaches The Burnside Sycamore at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 178 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 433 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Final Attack Trail 39.45192, -77.73800
Nearest town Forge Hill Estates, MD

Directions

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The Burnside Sycamore & Final Attack Trail

4 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 301–433 ft

Out & Back · Antietam National Battlefield

Trailhead: Final Attack Trail · 39.45192, -77.73800

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

  1. Start on Final Attack Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Snavely Ford Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miTurn right onto Union Advance Trail, heading W.
  5. 350 ftReach The Burnside Sycamore, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Snavely Ford Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Final Attack Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 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

93% dirt7% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM