2 miles
Distance
422 ft
Climb
-385 ft
Descent
00:18:12
Avg time

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Little Gunpowder
    Fallston, Maryland
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #3285 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 25 in Hiking

Trail with a series of climbs and descents, paralleling the river on the Baltimore County side, between Pleasantville and Bottom Rds.

Access Info

Access by climbing over the guard rail, just south of the Pleasantville Rd bridge (white blazed) or near the top of the hill on Bottom Rd.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Little Gunpowder Trail (White Blaze - Pleasantville Rd to Bottom Rd) mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    37 ft
  • Altitude min
    282 ft
  • Altitude max
    380 ft
  • Altitude start
    302 ft
  • Altitude end
    339 ft
  • Grade
    0.356%
  • Grade max
    -35.121%
  • Grade min
    28.44%
  • Distance climb
    4,585 ft
  • Distance down
    4,702 ft
  • Distance flat
    984 ft
  • Avg time
    00:18:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:25:44
  • view trail stats
Status:
on Aug 10, 2020
Ideal
Avg: 5 (2 votes)

view (811)
close
  • Layers  w
  • Basemap 
  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type  
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
ContributeDetails
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches

LEGEND
Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
      Directions to little-gunpowder-trail-white-blaze-pleasantville-rd-to-bottom-rd trailhead (39.506960, -76.459290)
      update trails status or condition

      Little Gunpowder... Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Aug 10, 2020 @ 5:28pm
      Aug 10, 2020
      		 Large tree down across trail, blocking trail
      Aug 7, 2020 @ 2:11pm
      Aug 7, 2020
      		 reporter
      Tree has been cleared
      Aug 5, 2020 @ 7:31pm
      Aug 5, 2020
      		 Large tree down across trail, blocking trail
      Jul 30, 2020 @ 5:43pm
      Jul 30, 2020
      		 The tree has been cleared.
      Jul 22, 2020 @ 2:05pm
      Jul 22, 2020
      		 Large tree down across the trail half way between the split to boy named sue and when it connects back to boy named sue
      view all reports »

      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 11 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 231 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 600 rides
      •  

      Photos

      more »
      1 |
      Aug 10, 2020 @ 5:28pm
      Aug 10, 2020
      0 |
      Aug 5, 2020 @ 7:31pm
      Aug 5, 2020
      13 |
      Apr 3, 2020 @ 4:28pm
      Apr 3, 2020
      11 |
      Apr 3, 2020 @ 4:28pm
      Apr 3, 2020

      Routes with this trail

      more »
      titleratingdistance
      Discover LGP 10 miles.
      		11 miles
      Discover LGP 24 miles.
      		24 miles
      Pajama Ride 2016
      		14 miles
      Jesse's Ride 22 Mile Loop
      		23 miles

      Trail Events

      (1) past events on this trail

      Reviews / Comments

      No reviews yet, be the first to write a review or ask a question.
      Use trail reports to comment on trail conditions.


      Post a Comment



      You must login to Pinkbike.
      Don't have an account? Sign up

      Join Pinkbike  Login

      Videos

      no videos have been added for Little Gunpowder Trail (White Blaze - Pleasantville Rd to Bottom Rd) yet, add a video.

      Nearby Trails

      Little Gunpowder

      • subscribe
      • flag
      • login to download gpx or kml files.