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Frederick City Watershed

Upper Ridge Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,434 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Upper Ridge Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 1,434 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,588 ft · steepest grade: 26%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52875, -77.46667
Nearest town White Rocks, MD
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Upper Ridge Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,434 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Elevation 784–1,589 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: 39.52875, -77.46667

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tears of a Clown, heading N.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto New Berg, heading W.
  9. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto The Pit, heading N.
  13. 1.7 miSharp right onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  14. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-ridge-trail-out-back-15-km-bf82

Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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