Sugarloaf Mountain

Sugarloaf Mountain, Md.

Distance: 5.72 mi	Points: 469	Calories: none
Total Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi
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SGR001

Location: 39.261065, -77.396684
Parking Lot. Look for trailhead where the green-blazed A.M. Thomas Trail starts. Uphill walk along stone steps to 1,282-foot summit.

SGR002

Location: 39.262603, -77.393717
Junction with red-blazed Monadnock Trail. Views at rocks to the left of the Potomac River. Follow red-blazed trail.

SGR003

Location: 39.263091, -77.392656
Junction with orange-blazed Sunrise Trail. Continue left on red-blazed trail.

SGR004

Location: 39.265563, -77.392486
Junction with blue-blazed Northern Peaks Trail. Views of Monocacy River Valley at rocks. With back turned to vista, turn left down Northern Peaks Trail and continue to descend.

SGR005

Location: 39.266005, -77.390322
Junction with white-blazed Mountain Loop Trail. Go left and follow combined blue and white blazes.

SGR006

Location: 39.267537, -77.390176
Mountain Loop Trail branches off to the left. Follow blue blazes to the right.

SGR007

Location: 39.271824, -77.387038
Cross an abandoned road.

SGR008

Location: 39.273219, -77.387158
Trail goes through a mountain laurel patch.

SGR009

Location: 39.275732, -77.386518
Pass large amount of greenstone.

SGR010

Location: 39.280896, -77.380980
Trail passes through a patch of mountain laurel as it descends.

SGR011

Location: 39.281788, -77.382051
Wagon wheel junction with trails entering from several directions. Go straight following blue blazes as the trai ascends.

SGR012

Location: 39.282792, -77.396538
Junction with purple-blazed trail. Go left with blue blazes.

SGR013

Location: 39.282736, -77.398341
Arrive at White Rocks Vista. Two options to view bucolic valley below - a south and north location. South location straight ahead. North location to the right. When finished, descend with blue-blazed trail.

SGR014

Location: 39.283590, -77.398571
White Rocks Vista, northern location

SGR015

Location: 39.276057, -77.398772
Junction with Mount Ephraim Road. Turn left and follow blue blazes along the road. Yellow-blazed Saddleback Horse Trail arrives from the left.

SGR016

Location: 39.274767, -77.398693
Blue-blazed Northern Peaks Trail departs road to the left. Begin ascent of Sugarloaf Mountain.

SGR017

Location: 39.265831, -77.396538
Junction with white-blazed Mountain Loop Trail. Go right with combined blue and white blazes.

SGR018

Location: 39.260714, -77.398360
Junction. Blue-blazed Northern Peaks Trail leaves to the left. White-blazed Mountain Loop Trail departs to the right. Follow blue blazes to the left.

SGR019

Location: 39.260699, -77.397268
Arrive at parking lot.

Green Blaze

Location: 39.261400, -77.395077
A green blaze marks the A.M. Thomas Trail. © Compass Points Media

Summit View

Location: 39.263361, -77.393103
A view from the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain. © Compass Points Media

McCormick View

Location: 39.265819, -77.392759
A look northward from the McCormick View. © Compass Points Media

Greenstone

Location: 39.275820, -77.386923
A collection of green lichen-covered boulders. © Compass Points Media

White Rocks Vista

Location: 39.283659, -77.398810
A lone conifer stands at White Rocks Vista. © Compass Points Media

Compass Points TV teaser: Sugar Mountain Mama

Location: 39.274258, -77.392073
A preview of the upcoming 2010 season of Compass Points TV. This one takes viewers to Sugarloaf Mountain, a fist of land rising above the surrounding piedmont. © Compass Points Media