Trail Races & Routes in Md

Explore 200 trail running and hiking routes across Md. 6 organized races and 194 training routes covering distances from 0.1 mi to 2.8 mi. Elevation gains range from 10 ft to 284 ft. View detailed terrain intelligence for every route.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

6 / 194

Distance Range

0.1 mi - 2.8 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 284 ft

Most Popular Distance

Other (191)

Surface Type

98% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Pigs Run	MD	0.2 mi	—	race	—
Morgan Run Fire Trail	MD	0.6 mi	50 ft	race	—
Cool Spring Run Trail	MD	0.9 mi	—	race	—
Red Run Trail (Orange Trail)	MD	1.0 mi	41 ft	race	—
Browning Run Trail	MD	2.5 mi	115 ft	race	—
Stony Run Path	MD	2.8 mi	226 ft	race	—
Spit Valve	MD	—	—	route	—
Hills Grove Access Trail	MD	—	—	route	—
Turnpike Trail Connector	MD	—	—	route	—
Boulevard Spur	MD	—	—	route	—
Black Rock Veiwpoint Spur	MD	—	—	route	—
Woodstock River Crossing	MD	—	—	route	—
Spur Trail	MD	—	—	route	—
HikerBiker Connector	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Falls Road Spur	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Boardwalk Trail	MD	0.1 mi	12 ft	route	—
Visitor Center Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Railroad Pass 2	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Remington Drive Connector	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Calithea Trail Connector	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Power House Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Old Buzzards Rock Connector	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Wilderness Trail Spur	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Samantha Connector	MD	0.1 mi	99 ft	route	—
Trail #3	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Blue Loop Bypass	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Goose Pond Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Hawks Loop	MD	0.1 mi	33 ft	route	—
VFW Spur	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Less Traveled Path	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Ballard Alternate	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Hughes Trail	MD	0.1 mi	11 ft	route	—
Muskrat Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Blueberry-Pine Connector	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Big Pipe Creek Spur Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Chris Swarth Boardwalk	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Old Buzzards Rock Route	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Ridgley House Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Green Haven Switchbacks	MD	0.1 mi	121 ft	route	—
Catfish Pond Trail	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Railroad Pass 3	MD	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Chestnut Trail	MD	0.1 mi	11 ft	route	—
Old Ranger House Trail	MD	0.2 mi	95 ft	route	—
Fisherman's Trail	MD	0.2 mi	63 ft	route	—
Beaver Pond Trail	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Cedar Trail	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Broom Sedge Loop Trail	MD	0.2 mi	11 ft	route	—
Swoopy	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Crystal Pier	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Liberty Dam Overlook	MD	0.2 mi	195 ft	route	—
East Lake Trail	MD	0.2 mi	24 ft	route	—
Two Eye	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Wallace Lane	MD	0.2 mi	20 ft	route	—
Spicebush Trail	MD	0.2 mi	10 ft	route	—
Middle Trail	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Bestivus Connector	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Access Trail	MD	0.2 mi	219 ft	route	—
Belmont-Rockburn Connector	MD	0.2 mi	41 ft	route	—
Kreseski-HikerBiker Connector	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Disneyland	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Holly Trail	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Tall Poplar Trail North Fork	MD	0.2 mi	15 ft	route	—
Thing 2	MD	0.2 mi	25 ft	route	—
Thing 1	MD	0.2 mi	15 ft	route	—
Davis Trail	MD	0.2 mi	36 ft	route	—
Not Drugs	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Greenacres Trail	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Red Trail (Monadnock Trail)	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Mckeldin River Crossing South	MD	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Festivus Tykus	MD	0.3 mi	138 ft	route	—
HoCo Alternate East	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Spicebush Nature Trail	MD	0.3 mi	15 ft	route	—
Whoa	MD	0.3 mi	86 ft	route	—
Daniels Connector	MD	0.3 mi	41 ft	route	—
Red Alternate Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Orange Trail Connector	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Barbed Wire Hill	MD	0.3 mi	32 ft	route	—
Canyon Overlook	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Old Connector	MD	0.3 mi	112 ft	route	—
Olmsted Island Bridges	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Watts Branch West	MD	0.3 mi	14 ft	route	—
Scotland Loop Trail	MD	0.3 mi	58 ft	route	—
Horse Fly Alley	MD	0.3 mi	140 ft	route	—
Wood Marr North Loop	MD	0.3 mi	106 ft	route	—
Loop Trail	MD	0.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
Eagle's Way Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Clarksburg Greenway Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Irving Ruby Rd Fire Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail	MD	0.3 mi	73 ft	route	—
Two Fields	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Bear Branch Stream Trail	MD	0.3 mi	33 ft	route	—
Whoop de Doos	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Green Trail (A.M. Thomas Trail)	MD	0.3 mi	259 ft	route	—
Kilgore Falls Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Medicine Tree Trail	MD	0.3 mi	60 ft	route	—
Marsh Boardwalk Trail	MD	0.3 mi	22 ft	route	—
Turkey Spur	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Toms Loop Trail-Wheaton Regional Trail	MD	0.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
Calithea Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Satan's Sunrise	MD	0.3 mi	27 ft	route	—
Butterfly Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Rock Creek-Russett Road	MD	0.3 mi	25 ft	route	—
Orange Trail (Sunrise Trail)	MD	0.3 mi	284 ft	route	—
Old Wood Marr Route	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Secret Tunnel Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Henry Ralph Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Trail #2	MD	0.3 mi	108 ft	route	—
Tom's Trail	MD	0.3 mi	11 ft	route	—
Wall Trail	MD	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Old Nasty Trail	MD	0.3 mi	50 ft	route	—
Nature Trail	MD	0.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
Dump Trail Bypass	MD	0.3 mi	49 ft	route	—
Swamp Boardwalk	MD	0.3 mi	50 ft	route	—
Northeast Loop	MD	0.4 mi	31 ft	route	—
Cabin John Trail Extender	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Paved Bunker Hill Path	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Tall Poplar Trail South Fork	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Nun's Run	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Kingfisher Trail	MD	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Laurel Trail	MD	0.4 mi	184 ft	route	—
Old Oak Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Drivers Road Northeast	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Backbone Trail (White)	MD	0.4 mi	135 ft	route	—
Stoner Rocks Climb Trail	MD	0.4 mi	110 ft	route	—
Graffiti Loop	MD	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Catoctin Furnace Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Smokey	MD	0.4 mi	52 ft	route	—
Perimeter	MD	0.4 mi	25 ft	route	—
Saltbox Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Peaceful Pond Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Hillandale Loop Trail	MD	0.4 mi	31 ft	route	—
Oregon Ridge Doubletrack Connector	MD	0.4 mi	10 ft	route	—
Blue Trail Bypass	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Old Tom Thumb RR Bed	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Old Field Loop Trail	MD	0.4 mi	10 ft	route	—
Parilla Path	MD	0.4 mi	71 ft	route	—
Switchplate Trail - Rocky Loop	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Old Pond Trail	MD	0.4 mi	76 ft	route	—
Maple Trail	MD	0.4 mi	12 ft	route	—
Old Rockhaven Trail	MD	0.4 mi	38 ft	route	—
Paint Branch Trail-Serpentine Way	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Hilton Area Right of Way Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
White Rocks Trail	MD	0.4 mi	187 ft	route	—
Glen Ellen Trail Alternate	MD	0.4 mi	77 ft	route	—
Pioneer Trail	MD	0.4 mi	31 ft	route	—
Mill Race to Rockhaven Connector	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Allenford	MD	0.4 mi	65 ft	route	—
Frog Pond Trail	MD	0.4 mi	12 ft	route	—
Lake Trail	MD	0.4 mi	37 ft	route	—
Unofficial Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Observation Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Blackberry Trail	MD	0.4 mi	21 ft	route	—
Sunfish Trail	MD	0.4 mi	10 ft	route	—
Pine Trail Loop	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Two Run Trail	MD	0.4 mi	20 ft	route	—
Trail to Carrie Road	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Mill Creek Lane	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Hilltop Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Red Trail Alternate	MD	0.4 mi	24 ft	route	—
Woodland Link	MD	0.4 mi	68 ft	route	—
Baltimore Gneiss Trail	MD	0.4 mi	43 ft	route	—
Ilchester Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Overlook Loop	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Chestnut Oak Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Virginia Pine Trail	MD	0.4 mi	142 ft	route	—
Vineyard Springs Footpath Alternate	MD	0.4 mi	170 ft	route	—
Blue Jay Loop Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Loop 2	MD	0.4 mi	10 ft	route	—
Deer Hollow Trail	MD	0.4 mi	52 ft	route	—
Church Loop Trail - 1	MD	0.4 mi	59 ft	route	—
Scarlet Tanager Trail	MD	0.4 mi	40 ft	route	—
North Germantown Greenway Trail	MD	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Upper Cascade Falls Trail	MD	0.5 mi	59 ft	route	—
Perimeter Connector Trail	MD	0.5 mi	33 ft	route	—
Horse Trail	MD	0.5 mi	39 ft	route	—
Sawmill Trail	MD	0.5 mi	182 ft	route	—
Cemetery Lane Trail	MD	0.5 mi	84 ft	route	—
Greenbrier Trail	MD	0.5 mi	28 ft	route	—
River Ridge Trail	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
South Old River Road Trail	MD	0.5 mi	76 ft	route	—
South Park River Trail	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Chesapeake Beach Rail Trail - North Branch	MD	0.5 mi	55 ft	route	—
Drugs	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Angler's Spur	MD	0.5 mi	156 ft	route	—
Gazebo Loop	MD	0.5 mi	64 ft	route	—
Orange Blazed Trail	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Affeldt Climb	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Poplar Run Trail	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Wood Marr Connector Trail	MD	0.5 mi	30 ft	route	—
Charcoal Loop Trail	MD	0.5 mi	41 ft	route	—
East Branch	MD	0.5 mi	15 ft	route	—
Outer Petticoat	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Magic Mike	MD	0.5 mi	152 ft	route	—
Church Loop Trail - 3	MD	0.5 mi	50 ft	route	—
Junction Trail	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Gunpowder Road Western Loop	MD	0.5 mi	33 ft	route	—
Upland Trail	MD	0.5 mi	31 ft	route	—
Green Trail	MD	0.5 mi	53 ft	route	—
Rockwood Spur	MD	0.5 mi	—	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Md?

There are 6 organized races and 194 self-supported routes available in Md.

What is the average elevation gain in Md?

The average elevation gain is 64 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 284 feet.

What distances are available in Md?

Available distances include: 5K.

Can these trail routes in Md be used for hiking?

Yes. 98% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

What's the best time of year to run trails in Md?

Trail running conditions in Md vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.

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