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Wortman Pond & Upper Sweet Run Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Neersville, VA. The route reaches Wortman Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 237 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 643 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail 39.27651, -77.73736
Nearest town Neersville, VA

Directions

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Wortman Pond & Upper Sweet Run Trail

3 mi · ▲ 237 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 459–645 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail · 39.27651, -77.73736

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miBear right onto Arnold Lane, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Farmstead Loop, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miPass Wortman Pond.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Mountain View Trail, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Farmstead Loop Trail, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftReach Wortman Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto Mountain View Trail, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 500 ftContinue straight onto Farmstead Loop, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Arnold Lane, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.7 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

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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