Frederick City Watershed

Wayne's Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Wayne's Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 500 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 mi1,286 – 1,585 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Canaan 39.53508, -77.48072
Nearest town White Rocks, MD

Directions

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Wayne's Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,285–1,585 ft

Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed

Trailhead: Little Canaan · 39.53508, -77.48072

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Little Canaan, heading W.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Canaan, heading S.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Access Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Wayne's Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Stones, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading N.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Green Stones, heading N.
  14. 150 ftBear left onto Wayne's Trail, heading NW.
  15. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 200 ftBear right onto Green Stones, heading W.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading W.
  18. 200 ftContinue straight onto Green Stones, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wayne's Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 300 ftTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Canaan, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right onto Little Canaan, heading NE.
  28. 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 surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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