White Rock & Salamander via Catoctin National Recreation Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 2 min
White Rock & Salamander via Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Frederick City Watershed near Baugher Woods, MD. The route reaches White Rock at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,250 – 1,565 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Forest Road 39.57403, -77.46466
Nearest town Baugher Woods, MD
Directions
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White Rock & Salamander via Catoctin National Recreation Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,249–1,565 ft
Out & Back · Frederick City Watershed
Trailhead: Forest Road · 39.57403, -77.46466
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Forest Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Moe's Cut, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Salamander, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach White Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Salamander, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Moe's Cut, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Forest Road, heading S.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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