Soapstone Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 158 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
Soapstone Trail is a short, out-and-back mountain biking route in Maryland, set just 0.1 mile from the village of Glenartney. It's a compact ride of about half a mile, with a total elevation gain of 158 feet, and it is rated moderate in difficulty. The trail rises from a low point of about 69 feet to a high of 247 feet, so riders expect a climb of roughly 158 feet on the way up and the same on the way back. That makes it an easy addition to a longer day on the local network of trails. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the sweet spots. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Baltimore show May highs around 76°F and September highs near 80°F, with October bringing highs in the upper 60s. Grist Mill Trail sits just 0.1 mile away, and Soapstone is about 0.2 mile off. Bull Run Trail lies about 0.4 mile away, and climbers can head to Ilchester, roughly 2.3 miles from the trail.
Local outfitters
- Terrapin Adventures9 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Best time to go · Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
Best time to visit Soapstone Trail
Best months: March–June and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
43° / 25°
10 wet · 3 snow
Feb
46° / 27°
9 wet · 3 snow
Mar
55° / 34°
11 wet · 1 snow
Apr
66° / 44°
11 wet
May
76° / 53°
12 wet
Jun
84° / 63°
11 wet
Jul
89° / 68°
10 wet
Aug
87° / 66°
10 wet
Sep
80° / 59°
9 wet
Oct
68° / 46°
9 wet
Nov
57° / 36°
9 wet
Dec
48° / 30°
10 wet · 1 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Baltimore Wash Intl Ap, MD, 5.1 mi away at 156 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Keep exploring — more rides worth the drive
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Grist Mill Trail
Next door
0.32-mile easy out-and-back trail in Maryland with 114 ft elevation gain.
RIDE
Bull Run Trail
Next door
0.34-mile out-and-back singletrack in Maryland with 71 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Barley and Hops
~2 min drive
Barley and Hops is a hard singletrack trail in Maryland, 0.57 miles.
RIDE
Rockburn Trail
~3 min drive
0.34-mile out-and-back trail in Maryland with 68 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Grist Mill Trail
Next door
0.41-mile out-and-back trail in Maryland with 183 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Nacho
~2 min drive
0.47-mile out-and-back singletrack in Maryland with 78 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Bike Buster-Downhill
~3 min drive
0.28-mile hard downhill trail in Maryland with 18 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Rockburn Trail
~3 min drive
0.62-mile out-and-back trail in Maryland with 112 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Grist Mill Trail
~1 min drive
0.62-mile out-and-back trail in Maryland with 196 ft of elevation gain.
RIDE
Log Trail
~2 min drive
0.53-mile out-and-back singletrack with 58 ft gain in Maryland.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
