Name: Overlook Cliff Trail
Rating: 4.5

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Starting from the C&O Canal, the trail ascends the western slope of Elk Ridge on an old military road. Hikers will pass the short Naval Gun Trail spur and Stone Fort Trail, which provide excellent views and good places to either extend the trip or take a short break.

The trail then descends on a singletrack path to the cliffs above Harpers Ferry with outstanding views to the west.

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4.5 from 28 votes

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in Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

#147

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4.5 from 28 votes

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Sep 1, 2015 near Brunswick, MD

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Feb 12, 2022

Katie Hance

May 14, 2021

Rebecca S

Nov 3, 2020

Melody Valerio

1.5mi

Oct 9, 2020

Caroline T

Oct 3, 2020

Dan Dan PeakbagginMan

Sep 20, 2020

Justin Wade

To climb skink wall

Jan 19, 2020

Jonathan Wrieden

Dec 15, 2019

Michael Podguski

Lovely hike. Lots of great climb and vertical. SUPER windy at overlook. Worth every second. 4.2mi — 2h 15m

Sep 22, 2019

Avanti Mehta

Aug 26, 2019

Faadhil Moheed

Short and sweet, pretty nice views 2mi — 1h 30m

Aug 17, 2019

Russ Wise

Jun 7, 2019

Ted Zuzula

1.5 mi to the overlook 3mi

May 18, 2019

Jill T

4.4mi

Aug 4, 2018

Bec DiP

Jul 28, 2018

Janice DJ

Jul 28, 2018

Joe Painter

with Ashley. 6mi

Jul 14, 2018

Shaconna Haley

Intermediate level Longer steep trek for beginners 6.5mi — 5h 00m

Jul 14, 2018

Tyler Thieding

Jul 7, 2018

Red Herring

Oct 28, 2017

Nancy K

디투디가족들과 사라언니랑 아름다운 가을을 즐기며~

Oct 15, 2017

Tim D

Sep 14, 2017

Marina Wylie

1.5mi

Sep 8, 2017

Gary Young

3.1mi

Sep 5, 2017

Karl J

Sep 3, 2017

Laura Fisher

1.5mi

Sep 3, 2017

Molly Nora

Aug 28, 2017

Caroline Etherton

1.5mi

Aug 24, 2017

Aaron Fensterheim

Jul 8, 2017

Louis Capp

Jun 3, 2017

Jerry Cruz

1.5mi

May 26, 2017

Will Karnasiewicz

Awesome hike with Kate, Matt & Mackenzie over Memorial Day weekend

Apr 9, 2017

Chuck Bowley

Mar 25, 2017

Kevin Koss

4mi — 3h 00m

Mar 4, 2017

Adam Gerhart

Fun hike with Aidan 6mi — 4h 00m

Mar 4, 2017

JD Hoffmann

kids walked the entire way. was slow, but rewarding. 4.7mi

Feb 21, 2017

Brian Blunt-Zuniga

3mi — 1h 30m

Jan 1, 2017

Court E

Nov 19, 2016

Celeste Curtis

Nov 13, 2016

Erwin Tenorio

Strenuous first mile or so, but the view is worth it. Better to park at Harper's Ferry National Park and then walk towards it.

Oct 9, 2016

Frank Kuzminski

Aug 20, 2016

Brian Roney

Jul 10, 2016

Kevin Barger

It was steep

Jun 8, 2016

Jorden Glasco

Went with MSC of Camp David.

Sep 24, 2015

Jordan Frdnmkr

1.7mi

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Overlook Cliff Trail

“A trail leading steeply up the southern end of Elk Ridge to outstanding views of Harpers Ferry. ”

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