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Frederick City Watershed

Wayne's Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 59 min

Wayne's Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 284 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,404 – 1,585 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue to FCR Connector 39.53111, -77.48004
Nearest town White Rocks, MD
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Wayne's Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 59 min

Elevation 1,406–1,585 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Blue to FCR Connector · 39.53111, -77.48004

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

  1. Start on Blue to FCR Connector, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Access Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Wayne's Trail, heading NE.
  9. 400 ftTurn right onto Albatross, heading E.
  10. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Blue to FCR Connector, heading NE.
  20. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waynes-trail-out-back-4-km-4efb

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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