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- Mountain Bike
150 trails
- E-Bike
18 trails
- Hike
165 trails
- Trail Running
162 trails
Stats
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- Trails (view details)
- 165
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 157
- Trails E-Bike
- 18
- Trails Horse
- 7
- Trails Hike
- 165
- Trails Trail Running
- 162
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 2
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 2
- Total Distance
- 162 miles
- Total Descent
- 30,107 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,598 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,839 ft
- Reports
- 1,895
- Photos
- 285
- Ridden Counter
- 38,873
Articles
Race Report: 2019 Sheduro Race Report - Frederick Watershed, Maryland
Aug 22, 2019 from pinkbike.com
One of the rockiest trail systems on the East Coast had record attendance during the 2019 Bike Doctor Sheduro
Sub Regions
- Brunswick (20)
- River's Edge Trails (20)
- Emmitsburg (14)
- Frederick (105)
- Frederick Watershed (82)
- Gambrill State Park (19)
Popular Frederick County Mountain Biking Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Three Saws Frederick Watershed | |||
Huggy Bear Frederick Watershed | |||
Boundary Line Frederick Watershed | |||
Dave's Trail Frederick | |||
Knucklebuster Frederick Watershed | |||
Lower Volkswagon Frederick | |||
Lawnmower Frederick Watershed | |||
Blue Balls Frederick Watershed | |||
Killer Bee Frederick Watershed | |||
Rocky-Stream Bed Trail Frederick Watershed | |||
Kubla Khan Frederick Watershed | |||
Carlo's Inferno River's Edge Trails | |||
The Nose Frederick | |||
Buck Flats Trail Frederick Watershed | |||
Stoner Road Frederick Watershed |
Frederick County Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Yellow Loop Gambrill State Park | 7 miles | |
Best of the Three Saws Area | 8 miles | |
The Shed, A Moderate Length Difficult Loop Frederick Watershed | 6 miles | |
NICA MD Brunswick 2022 HS course River's Edge Trails | 4 miles | |
Short Loop from Hamburg Rd Frederick Watershed | 5 miles | |
Blue Watershred Frederick Watershed | 11 miles | |
2021 Sheduro Sport Route..ish!! Frederick Watershed | 19 miles | |
Three Saws Power Hour Frederick | 3 miles | |
Three Saws Sampler Frederick | 15 miles | |
Shed 13 Mile Mostly Blues Frederick Watershed | 13 miles |
Photos of Frederick County Mountain Bike
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May 9, 2025 @ 8:56am
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May 9, 2025 @ 8:46am
May 9, 2025Videos of Frederick County Mountain Bike

trail: Kubla Khan
195 |
Mar 23, 2024

trail: Lawnmower
204 |
Jul 17, 2023

trail: Evolution
460 |
May 6, 2023

trail: Kubla Khan
460 |
Aug 8, 2021

trail: Catoctin Trail
5:04 |
454 |
Sep 9, 2020

trail: Fun House
4:00 |
478 |
Sep 9, 2020

trail: Three Saws
0:33 |
68 |
Sep 9, 2020
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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The Nose Frederick | Apr 14, 2025 @ 12:20pm Apr 14, 2025 | Ideal | donniecs | ||
Boundary Line Frederick Watershed | Apr 13, 2025 @ 5:04pm Apr 13, 2025 | Ideal | Grumpybear28 | ||
Salamander Trail Frederick Watershed | Apr 6, 2025 @ 12:18pm Apr 6, 2025 | Wet | donniecs | ||
Screaming Eagle River's Edge Trails | Apr 5, 2025 @ 3:51pm Apr 5, 2025 | Ideal | cjessen9 | ||
Three Saws Frederick Watershed | Mar 25, 2025 @ 2:02pm Mar 25, 2025 | Ideal | Rogersgs | ||
Yellow Trail Gambrill State Park | Mar 26, 2025 @ 6:39pm Mar 26, 2025 | Ideal | basecamp-frederick | ||
Quick N Dirty River's Edge Trails | Mar 25, 2025 @ 10:06am Mar 25, 2025 | Ideal | donniecs | ||
You've Got To Be Skidding Me River's Edge Trails | Mar 25, 2025 @ 10:06am Mar 25, 2025 | Ideal | donniecs | ||
Goonies River's Edge Trails | Mar 25, 2025 @ 10:06am Mar 25, 2025 | Ideal | donniecs | ||
Bee Hive River's Edge Trails | Mar 25, 2025 @ 10:06am Mar 25, 2025 | Ideal | donniecs |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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LdF6mOxI | ridden | trail | activity #71887526 and 2 more | May 18, 2025 @ 12:44am 16 hours |
LdF6mOxI | ridden | trail | activity #71887512 and 19 more | May 18, 2025 @ 12:44am 16 hours |
Birddog13 | rsvp | event | activity #71833715 | May 17, 2025 @ 8:00am 1 day |
JBUGOSLNEc | wishlist | trail | activity #71818681 | May 17, 2025 @ 4:20am 2 days |
skysh13 | wishlist | route | activity #71794376 | May 16, 2025 @ 4:21pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | This is absolutely a black diamond trail.... | May 11, 2025 @ 11:00am May 11, 2025 | ||
trail | Really fun trail to do laps on. Fun jumps and... | Apr 5, 2025 @ 3:52pm Apr 5, 2025 | ||
trail | Big big tree still down about a third of the... | Mar 27, 2025 @ 4:56am Mar 27, 2025 | ||
trail | The gem of this trail is “Capital Hill”,... | Mar 11, 2025 @ 8:29am Mar 11, 2025 | ||
trail | Definitely not a blue trail. Green as green... | Aug 17, 2024 @ 7:14am Aug 17, 2024 |
Local Badges
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Epic Mountain Bike Climb 2k5 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge8 awarded -
Mountain Biking 100k Badge0 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k5 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge8 awarded -
Descent 100k Badge0 awarded
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 150 | 123 miles | 23,235 ft | 60 miles | 1,598 ft | 271 | 1,903 | 55 | 36,313 | |||
E-Bike | 18 | 9 miles | 482 ft | 2 miles | 1,332 ft | 1,521 | 3 | 1,024 | ||||
Horse | 7 | 27 miles | 3,484 ft | 12 miles | 1,161 ft | 234 | 4 | |||||
Hike | 165 | 153 miles | 24,229 ft | 69 miles | 1,598 ft | 18 | 1,791 | 3 | 2,341 | |||
Trail Running | 162 | 150 miles | 23,652 ft | 68 miles | 1,598 ft | 1,791 | 11 | 725 | ||||
Dirtbike/Moto | 2 | 10 miles | 640 ft | 3 miles | 984 ft | 234 | 12 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 1 | 2,746 ft | 243 ft | 2,746 ft | 243 ft | 11 | ||||||
Nordic Ski | 2 | 3 miles | 627 ft | 2 miles | 358 ft | 1 | 17 |
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