Md Trail Guides

Annapolis Rocks

📍 South Mountain State Park, Washington County, Maryland

Moderate 📏 7.0 Out-and-Back

Annapolis Rocks is the premier overlook along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland, a broad quartzite outcrop perched on So…

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Annapolis Rocks Trail

📍 Myersville, MD

Moderate 📏 4.2 Out-and-Back

Annapolis Rocks is one of the most popular Appalachian Trail destinations in Maryland, offering a dramatic cliff-top qua…

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Appalachian Trail - High Rock

📍 Smithsburg, MD

Moderate 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

The Appalachian Trail section to High Rock on South Mountain traverses one of the most historically significant viewpoin…

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Big Gunpowder Falls Trail

📍 Monkton, MD

Moderate 📏 8.0 Out-and-Back

The Big Gunpowder Falls Trail follows the namesake river through a surprisingly wild gorge that cuts through the Baltimo…

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Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail

📍 Thurmont, MD

Easy 📏 1.8 Loop

The Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail leads to one of the most evocative Prohibition-era archaeological sites in the Natio…

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Catoctin Hollow Trail

📍 Thurmont, MD

Moderate 📏 4.0 Loop

Catoctin Hollow Trail climbs through the heart of the Catoctin Mountain range in the vicinity of Camp David, the preside…

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Charcoal Trail

📍 Thurmont, MD

Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

The Charcoal Trail interprets the vanished iron-charcoal industry that denuded the Catoctin Mountains of nearly all thei…

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Cunningham Falls Trail

📍 Thurmont, MD

Easy 📏 0.7 Out-and-Back

Cunningham Falls Trail leads directly to the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland — a 78-foot cascade of Big Hunting …

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Hereford Area Trail

📍 Hereford, MD

Moderate 📏 4.5 Loop

The Hereford Area of Gunpowder Falls State Park protects the most rugged and secluded section of the Gunpowder watershed…

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Manor Area to Falls

📍 Thurmont, MD

Moderate 📏 2.5 Out-and-Back

The Manor Area to Falls route provides a longer and more rewarding approach to Cunningham Falls from the park's Manor Ar…

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Monument Knob

📍 Boonsboro, MD

Moderate 📏 2.0 Out-and-Back

Monument Knob preserves the first monument erected in the United States to honor George Washington — a rough stone tower…

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Sweet Air Area Loop

📍 Phoenix, MD

Moderate 📏 5.5 Loop

Gunpowder Falls State Park is Maryland's largest state park, and the Sweet Air Area on its eastern edge protects a rolli…

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Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock Trail

📍 Thurmont, MD

Strenuous 📏 4.0 Loop

The Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock Trail combines two of the most dramatic geological features in the Catoctin Mountains int…

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