WeatherTop Knob & Overlook–Wortman Pond, 6 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Loudoun Heights, VA. The route passes Wortman Pond and Keys Gap before reaching WeatherTop Knob & Overlook at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It climbs 1,709 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi459 – 1,529 ft · steepest grade: 20%14.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Farmstead Loop Trail 39.29312, -77.72599
Nearest town Loudoun Heights, VA
Directions
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WeatherTop Knob & Overlook–Wortman Pond, 6 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 1,709 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Elevation 459–1,529 ft
Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park
Trailhead: Farmstead Loop Trail · 39.29312, -77.72599
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Farmstead Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Wortman Pond.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Mountain View Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Farmstead Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Arnold Lane, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miPass Keys Gap.
- 3.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach WeatherTop Knob & Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5.1 miTurn right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Arnold Lane, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Farmstead Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Mountain View Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Farmstead Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 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% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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