South Mountain State Park

Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 3 hr 21 min

Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Hopkins Ridge, MD. It climbs 1,020 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,335 – 1,873 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62827, -77.55957
Nearest town Hopkins Ridge, MD

Directions

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Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 3 hr 21 min

Elevation 1,335–1,873 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain State Park

Trailhead: 39.62827, -77.55957

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 4.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 4.1 miSharp right onto Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 100 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

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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