Antietam National Battlefield · Maryland

West Woods Alternate Trail

0.2 mi of trail, end to end · 30 ft of descent · 466 ft–505 ft · native surface · trail class Moderately Developed · hiking

505 ft 486 ft · 0.1 mi high 505 ft

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.