White Oak Trail & Yellow Poplar
5.2 mi · ▲ 855 ft · 2 hr 10 min
White Oak Trail & Yellow Poplar is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Gambrill State Park near Hollow Road Estates, MD. It climbs 855 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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White Oak Trail & Yellow Poplar
5.2 mi · ▲ 855 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,018–1,640 ft
Out & Back · Gambrill State Park
Trailhead: 39.46309, -77.50551
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Yellow - Red - Black, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Black Locust–Blue Balls, 4 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,528 ft
- Yellow Poplar 2.8 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Black Locust & White Oak Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 709 ft
- Frederick Overlook & Middletown Overlook via Black Locust 2.5 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- North Frederick Viewpoint & Black Locust 2.2 mi · ▲ 691 ft
- Bootjack Spring–Black Locust, 6 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft
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