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Palmer State Park Yellow Trail Loop route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Palmer State Park/Maryland

Palmer State Park Yellow Trail Loop

Street, Maryland

3.8 mi

Distance

827 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Palmer State Park Yellow Trail Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:46 ft
Max:149 ft
Gain:252 ft
Loss:252 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 46 ft and 149 ft across 3.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.46 ft80 ft115 ft149 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.9 mi2.8 mi3.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi135 ft
High point3.7 mi149 ft
End3.8 mi135 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Darlington, MD · about 4 mi away
County:
Harford County, MD
Jurisdiction:
Palmer State Park · Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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