Catoctin Mountain Park

Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail & Thurmont Vista Loop Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail & Thurmont Vista Loop Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. It climbs 440 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,158 – 1,545 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail 39.64319, -77.44605
Nearest town Flint, MD

Directions

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Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail & Thurmont Vista Loop Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,158–1,545 ft

Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park

Trailhead: Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail · 39.64319, -77.44605

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.6 miTurn left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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