TR-6 Charcoal Trail

0.6 mi loop · about 30 ft of climbing · 1,251 ft–1,299 ft · native surface · trail class Moderately Developed · hiking

Trailheads Charcoal Trailhead 1,282 ft Drive there · Thurmont Vista Trailhead 1,286 ft Drive there

Other trails from the same trailheads

TR-7 Thurmont Vista Trail · 1.2 mi · from Thurmont Vista Trailhead

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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.