South Mountain State Park

Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail

3 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in South Mountain State Park near Hopkins Ridge, MD. It climbs 551 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,319 – 1,706 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.1 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail

3 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 1,320–1,706 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain State Park

Trailhead: 39.62827, -77.55957

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 150 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% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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