Three Saws Trailhead

Nice walking and biking path.

Not a jeep trail, even though it comes up as one.

Good trails and saw a woodpecker. Not sure if it is good for birdwatching though..

This is a great mountain biking trail, but I don’t recommend it for hikers. The trail is narrow and has a lot of bikers. Also a fair number of wasps that seem pretty angry about being run over by bikes. The stream is pretty - otherwise the trail is nice but nothing special. We didn’t have trouble finding parking at the trailhead.

Love hiking this trail as part of a longer hike starting at Gambrill parking and through the watershed.
As it usually is 3 hours of hiking in Gambrill state park and the 3 saws trailhead saw absolutely no hikers no mountain bikers no dog walkers had the place to myself for over 3 hours.
Nice climb up hill from the Hamburg lower parking lot up to the Catoctin blue trail of close to 700' elevation gain.

The trail head parking lot is small, perhaps for 6 cars. On a weekday morning it was half full. The trail begins right off the parking lot. Ford the shallow stream and start on the trail proper. Most of the trail is easy. We skipped the saw and took the nose to get a longer hike. There is a short section that was steep but otherwise it's an easy hike. We didn't meet anyone along the trail.

I climb up Hamburg rd. all the time on my bike. It's one of the most beautiful and hard climbs in Frederick.