Night Battle Trail & Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) via Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze) is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park near Bolivar, WV. It climbs 703 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi358 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) 39.32875, -77.74775
Nearest town Bolivar, WV
Directions
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Night Battle Trail & Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) via Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze)
3.9 mi · ▲ 703 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 357–617 ft
Out & Back · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Trailhead: Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) · 39.32875, -77.74775
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start on Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Valley View Trail (Yellow Blaze), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Night Battle Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze), heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Valley View Trail (Yellow Blaze), heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze), heading NE.
- 0.2 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
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) Trailhead
- Potomac Cliff Trail (Blue Blaze) & Woodpecker Trail (Red Blaze) 2.9 mi · ▲ 519 ft
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