Maryland trails · Long Pond Red
Long Pond Red
A 8.7-mile out-and-back in Maryland, with 523 ft of climbing. Reaches Long Pond. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,516 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Long Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Deep Run/big Run Green access. About 33 min drive (22 mi, 3 of them unpaved) from Cumberland. 39.65322, -78.45228 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:55 a.m., the sun rises at 7:22 a.m. and sets at 6:36 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:03 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 14 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 17.3-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 56 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:18 p.m. — 4 h 18 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Green Ridge Trail — 2.6 mi
- Pine Lick Blue — 4.3 mi
- Bike Trail — 4.7 mi
- Deep Run/big Run Green — 6.2 mi