AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Upper Rock Creek Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Upper Rock Creek Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Rolling Knolls, MD. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi433 – 522 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18594, -77.11680
Nearest town Rolling Knolls, MD
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Upper Rock Creek Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 432–521 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.18594, -77.11680

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftArrive 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-rock-creek-trail-out-back-6-km-00fb

Trail surface

86% dirt8% paved6% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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