Frederick & the Watershed Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
The Frederick Municipal Watershed — the Watershed to everyone who rides it — is Maryland's rockiest network, with Gambrill State Park next door. Catoctin quartzite over thin soil: relentless rock gardens, steep punchy climbs, and surprisingly good drainage because there is more stone than dirt.
202 featured mountain bike trailselevation 190–1,837 ft
Is it muddy in Frederick & the Watershed right now?
Right now about 1 of 193 featured Frederick & the Watershed trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Frederick & the Watershed conditions at a glancesnapshot · Oct 15
Live conditions map
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1 of 193 trails riding well
1 78 114
Air quality
AQI 42 · Good
EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
0 Today 0 Fri 0 Sat 4 Sun 6 Mon 17 Tue 44 Wed 51 Thu 73 Fri 94 Sat Most trails are wet right now. Conditions improve toward Saturday (94 of 202 riding well), but stay soft early in the week.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 207–938 ft
37° typical 47°–65°F 82°
High country 981–1,690 ft
35° typical 44°–62°F 81°
30° 50° 70° 90°
5-day forecast
Today 🌦️ 69°
Fri 🌧️ 82°
Sat 🌦️ 59°
Sun ☀️ 58°
Mon ☀️ 62°
Daytime high across Frederick & the Watershed, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
94% 6%
Mostly loam, which drains at a moderate pace.
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Best Frederick & the Watershed mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
Browning Run Tail · 469–515 ft Dry Carlo's Inferno · 0.1 mi · 361–440 ft Soft — ride gently HiLine · 0.3 mi · 328–371 ft Soft — ride gently Junction Trail · 0.5 mi · 262–295 ft Soft — ride gently Road Most Traveled · 0.2 mi · 328–400 ft Soft — ride gently Screaming Eagle · 0.1 mi · 344–397 ft Soft — ride gently Senic Overlook Spur · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Sketch Factory · 0.1 mi · 367–440 ft Soft — ride gently Smoketown Pass · 0.9 mi · 407–446 ft Soft — ride gently Stupid Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,273–1,417 ft Soft — ride gently Too Fast For Love · 0.2 mi · 358–436 ft Soft — ride gently Woodridge Trail Eastern Loop · 1.7 mi · 331–522 ft Soft — ride gently Yellow Poplar - Black Locust · 0.4 mi · 1,496–1,604 ft Soft — ride gently You've Got To Be Skidding Me · 0.2 mi · 354–436 ft Soft — ride gently Bethesda Church Trail · 0.5 mi · 722–804 ft Soft — ride gently Lake Trail · 2.7 mi · 299–361 ft Soft — ride gently Middle School Connector · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Power Line Trail Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,654–1,755 ft Soft — ride gently Whistle Pig Loop · 1.1 mi · 518–600 ft Soft — ride gently Brownsville Pass · 1.2 mi · 666–1,007 ft Soft — ride gently Catoctin Furnace Trail · 0.4 mi · 509–545 ft Soft — ride gently Catoctin - Black - Green · 0.5 mi · 1,037–1,316 ft Soft — ride gently Catoctin Trail - Yellow · 0.2 mi · 1,476–1,512 ft Soft — ride gently Death March · 1.6 mi · 1,135–1,611 ft Soft — ride gently Extended Death March · 1.1 mi · 997–1,407 ft Soft — ride gently Green Ash - Yellow Poplar · 0.2 mi · 1,509–1,572 ft Soft — ride gently Monarch Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,565–1,614 ft Soft — ride gently Pond Access Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Red Maple Trail · 0.8 mi · 1,171–1,348 ft Soft — ride gently Upper Ridge Trail · 3 mi · 1,093–1,467 ft Soft — ride gently Vandal · 1.4 mi · 827–1,102 ft Soft — ride gently Yellow - Red - Black · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Moe's Cut · 0.3 mi · 1,565–1,640 ft Soft — ride gently Powerline Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,591–1,755 ft Soft — ride gently Tears of a Clown · 0.5 mi · 1,158–1,421 ft Soft — ride gently Viper · 0.7 mi · 1,404–1,542 ft Soft — ride gently Beehive Return Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Golf Ball Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,601–1,696 ft Soft — ride gently Goonies · 0.1 mi · 344–407 ft Soft — ride gently One Trick Pony · 0.2 mi · 344–420 ft Soft — ride gently Pozzwell Pass · 0.9 mi · 295–420 ft Soft — ride gently Rail Yard · 0.4 mi · 348–397 ft Soft — ride gently Rail Yard Entrance · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Return Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Skink · 1.3 mi · 1,660–1,719 ft Soft — ride gently Snoop Bermy Berm · 0.1 mi · 344–394 ft Soft — ride gently Garvey Shelter Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Green/Yellow Soft — ride gently Middle Ford Ferry Loop Trail · 0.4 mi · 240–282 ft Soft — ride gently Dr. Belt Trail · 1.7 mi · 299–449 ft Soft — ride gently Saddleback Horse Trail · 6.2 mi · 486–827 ft Soft — ride gently 3 Saws · 1.7 mi · 741–1,424 ft Soft — ride gently Black - Green · 0.2 mi · 1,322–1,526 ft Soft — ride gently Boundary Line · 1 mi · 741–1,427 ft Soft — ride gently Chesapeake and Ohio Canal · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Knuckle Buster Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,499–1,617 ft Soft — ride gently Kubla Khan · 1.2 mi · 925–1,722 ft Soft — ride gently Stoner Rd-(Legacy) · 0.5 mi · 823–1,266 ft Soft — ride gently Stoner Road · 1.6 mi · 1,427–1,654 ft Soft — ride gently Trail 4 · 0.2 mi · 1,394–1,532 ft Soft — ride gently Treegina · 0.7 mi · 741–1,188 ft Soft — ride gently Yellow Poplar · 5.7 mi · 1,322–1,706 ft Soft — ride gently Iceburg · 1.7 mi · 1,591–1,742 ft Soft — ride gently Salamander · 1.5 mi · 1,421–1,637 ft Soft — ride gently Salamander Trail · 2.4 mi · 1,581–1,837 ft Soft — ride gently The Pit · 1.3 mi · 1,155–1,401 ft Soft — ride gently Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail · 24.3 mi · 190–272 ft Soft — ride gently Wolfsville Parking Lot Trail · 0.1 mi · 1,335–1,394 ft Soft — ride gently Woodridge Trail · 0.9 mi · 328–430 ft Soft — ride gently Woodridge Trail Western Loop · 0.6 mi · 469–587 ft Soft — ride gently Oak Ridge Connector · 0.2 mi · 620–676 ft Soft — ride gently Big Red Trail · 4.7 mi · 640–1,158 ft Soft — ride gently Camp Loop Trail · 1 mi · 837–1,102 ft Soft — ride gently Copperhead Trail · 0.4 mi · 830–935 ft Soft — ride gently NC 13th Infantry Memorial Trail · 0.2 mi Soft — ride gently Rock Oak Fire Trial · 1.3 mi · 689–1,027 ft Soft — ride gently Snelling Fire Trail · 1.1 mi · 702–974 ft Soft — ride gently Water Tank Trail · 0.2 mi · 981–1,043 ft Soft — ride gently Yellow Trail · 2.7 mi · 791–1,145 ft Soft — ride gently Aspen Trail Access · 0.1 mi · 495–545 ft Muddy — stay off Bear Spring Cabin Trail · 0.3 mi · 774–1,437 ft Muddy — stay off Blue Balls · 0.9 mi · 1,549–1,624 ft Muddy — stay off Blue Balls second leg · 0.3 mi Muddy — stay off Blue to FCR Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,414–1,526 ft Muddy — stay off Catoctin National Recreation Trail · 12.9 mi · 614–1,755 ft Muddy — stay off Connector Trail · 0.3 mi · 328–410 ft Muddy — stay off Death March Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Double D · 0.4 mi · 1,017–1,437 ft Muddy — stay off Evolution · 0.4 mi · 843–1,411 ft Muddy — stay off Interpretive Trail · 0.5 mi · 823–928 ft Muddy — stay off Lawn Mower · 0.7 mi · 1,539–1,719 ft Muddy — stay off Little Canaan · 0.3 mi · 1,286–1,398 ft Muddy — stay off New Berg to Iceburg · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Old School · 0.8 mi · 748–1,480 ft Muddy — stay off Pantyline · 0.5 mi · 883–1,470 ft Muddy — stay off Private Property Trail · 0.8 mi · 741–1,243 ft Muddy — stay off Rocky-Stream Bed Trail · 0.5 mi · 728–896 ft Muddy — stay off Supersweet-Rock Candy · 0.1 mi · 1,247–1,283 ft Muddy — stay off The Nose · 0.6 mi · 1,056–1,391 ft Muddy — stay off Upper VW Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,558–1,614 ft Muddy — stay off Yellow Muddy — stay off Bucklodge Loop · 2.1 mi · 522–614 ft Muddy — stay off Goshen Branch trail · 1.3 mi · 364–417 ft Muddy — stay off Kingsley Road · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Lewisdale Trail · 0.9 mi · 472–561 ft Muddy — stay off Logger's Trail · 1.2 mi · 449–646 ft Muddy — stay off Oak Ridge Loop Trail · 0.9 mi · 676–755 ft Muddy — stay off Pine Grove Trail · 0.8 mi · 407–554 ft Muddy — stay off Prescott Road (Closed) · 0.4 mi · 384–522 ft Muddy — stay off Sidewinder · 2 mi · 404–531 ft Muddy — stay off Split Rock Trail · 2.2 mi · 482–630 ft Muddy — stay off Ten Mile Creek Road Trail · 0.3 mi · 390–423 ft Muddy — stay off Tobacco Barn Trail · 1.5 mi · 466–623 ft Muddy — stay off Windy Ridge Connector · 0.1 mi · 433–469 ft Muddy — stay off Thurston Griggs Trail · 1.4 mi · 856–1,519 ft Muddy — stay off Access Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,499–1,581 ft Muddy — stay off Blue Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,394–1,526 ft Muddy — stay off Chain Breaker · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Furnace Branch Trail · 1.5 mi · 220–384 ft Muddy — stay off Green Trail · 0.7 mi · 869–1,007 ft Muddy — stay off Bamboo Pass · 0.1 mi · 643–712 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Magruder Trail · 3.2 mi · 400–633 ft Muddy — stay off Ridgeline Trail · 1.5 mi · 236–410 ft Muddy — stay off Seneca Creek Greenway Trail · 3.9 mi · 348–427 ft Muddy — stay off Aspen Trail · 2.2 mi · 538–610 ft Muddy — stay off Aspen Trail Cutoff · 0.1 mi · 479–541 ft Muddy — stay off Field Crest Spur Trail · 0.6 mi · 486–545 ft Muddy — stay off Hard Rock Trail · 1.7 mi · 400–535 ft Muddy — stay off Ten Mile Creek Trail · 5.1 mi · 390–476 ft Muddy — stay off Woodridge Trail Western Loop Upper Section · 0.6 mi · 400–515 ft Muddy — stay off Albatross · 0.8 mi · 794–1,476 ft Muddy — stay off Black Locust · 0.7 mi · 1,391–1,594 ft Muddy — stay off Black/Yellow · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Buck Flats Trail · 1.7 mi · 1,394–1,683 ft Muddy — stay off Catoctin - Black · 0.7 mi · 1,093–1,348 ft Muddy — stay off Creampie · 0.7 mi · 833–1,519 ft Muddy — stay off Evo Connector · 0.4 mi · 1,378–1,535 ft Muddy — stay off Fun House · 0.4 mi · 1,152–1,417 ft Muddy — stay off Green - Black · 0.1 mi · 1,316–1,394 ft Muddy — stay off Green Ash Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,093–1,339 ft Muddy — stay off Huggy Bear · 0.7 mi · 1,565–1,716 ft Muddy — stay off Killer Bee · 0.4 mi · 1,614–1,660 ft Muddy — stay off MouseTrap · 0.3 mi · 1,155–1,385 ft Muddy — stay off New Berg · 2 mi · 1,467–1,614 ft Muddy — stay off Not Blue · 0.8 mi · 1,496–1,745 ft Muddy — stay off Old Blue Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,460–1,539 ft Muddy — stay off Rails To Trails Path · 0.4 mi · 732–784 ft Muddy — stay off Red Trail · 0.1 mi · 1,568–1,614 ft Muddy — stay off Soccer Mom · 0.4 mi · 1,516–1,572 ft Muddy — stay off Supersweet-Rock Candy ByPass · 0.1 mi · 1,237–1,283 ft Muddy — stay off Upper Canaan · 0.2 mi · 1,306–1,516 ft Muddy — stay off VW Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,401–1,558 ft Muddy — stay off Wayne's Trail · 1.5 mi · 738–1,542 ft Muddy — stay off Yellow Poplar Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,476–1,598 ft Muddy — stay off Nordic Track · 0.3 mi Muddy — stay off Sand Flats Ridge Trail · 0.3 mi Muddy — stay off Sand Flats Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,686–1,745 ft Muddy — stay off Woodridge Trail Western Loop - Sewer Cut · 0.4 mi · 328–427 ft Muddy — stay off Woodridge Trail Western Loop Access · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Gambrill Mill Trail · 0.4 mi Muddy — stay off Kersey's Overlook · 0.4 mi Muddy — stay off Bootjack Trail · 1.9 mi · 489–584 ft Muddy — stay off Danger Noodle · 3 mi · 417–577 ft Muddy — stay off Jewel Weed Way · 1 mi · 446–581 ft Muddy — stay off Osprey Heights Trail · 0.7 mi · 433–495 ft Muddy — stay off Scott Branch Loop · 2.4 mi · 518–627 ft Muddy — stay off Ten Mile Creek Road Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Dark Branch Trail · 1.2 mi · 476–551 ft Muddy — stay off Owl Ridge · 0.4 mi · 384–489 ft Muddy — stay off Wilson Mill Trail · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Wims Meadow Trail · 0.2 mi · 410–449 ft Muddy — stay off Cabin Branch Trail · 1.2 mi · 404–492 ft Muddy — stay off Cool Spring Run Trail · 0.9 mi · 390–541 ft Muddy — stay off Danger Noodle Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Hamilton Trail · 1.7 mi · 404–541 ft Muddy — stay off Browning Run Trail · 2.4 mi · 449–646 ft Muddy — stay off Community Center Trail · 0.2 mi · 722–784 ft Muddy — stay off Hard Cider Trail · 1 mi · 446–541 ft Muddy — stay off New Cut Trail · 2.4 mi · 554–643 ft Muddy — stay off Oak Drive Trail · 0.5 mi · 679–771 ft Muddy — stay off Sopers Branch Trail · 1.3 mi · 463–568 ft Muddy — stay off Timber Ridge Trail · 0.8 mi · 492–568 ft Muddy — stay off Windy Ridge Trail · 1.4 mi · 469–554 ft Muddy — stay off Log House Parking Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Lower Magruder Bypass · 0.6 mi · 499–587 ft Muddy — stay off Beaver Valley Trail · 0.6 mi · 427–568 ft Muddy — stay off Field Crest Spur · 0.3 mi Muddy — stay off Froggy Hollow Trail · 1.1 mi · 459–594 ft Muddy — stay off Lake View Trail · 0.4 mi · 430–479 ft Muddy — stay off Pine Knob Trail · 0.6 mi · 522–584 ft Muddy — stay off Rock Oak Run · 1.5 mi · 453–640 ft Muddy — stay off Ten Mile Creek Road · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Turkey Fan Trail · 0.2 mi · 390–495 ft Muddy — stay off Frederick & the Watershed mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Frederick & the Watershed right now? Today the trails riding best near Frederick & the Watershed are Browning Run Tail. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Frederick & the Watershed dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Frederick & the Watershed trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Frederick & the Watershed after rain? Right now 192 of 193 featured Frederick & the Watershed trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Frederick & the Watershed is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Frederick & the Watershed? Frederick & the Watershed has 202 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Frederick & the Watershed trails? Frederick & the Watershed trails run from about 190–1,837 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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