Maryland trails · BCMSR Yellow Trail
BCMSR Yellow Trail
A 3.8-mile out-and-back in Maryland, with 109 ft of climbing. Reaches Broad Creek Memorial Camp Reservoir. Managed by BCMSR.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 174 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Broad Creek Memorial Camp Reservoir (lake)
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Getting there
Red Trail (Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation) access. About 29 min drive (15 mi) from Aberdeen. 39.68098, -76.27810 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:46 a.m., the sun rises at 7:13 a.m. and sets at 6:27 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:54 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 14 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 7.5-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 54 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:08 a.m. — 8 h 20 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Red Trail (and Nature Trail) + BCMSR Red Trail + BCMSR Yellow Trail — 2.9 mi loop, 459 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Rose Trail — 10.8 mi
- Mason Dixon Trail — 12.9 mi
- Blue Trail (Loch Raven Reservoir Cooperative Wildlife Management Area) — 21.1 mi
- Torrey C Brown Rail Trail — 23.0 mi