Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 7 viewpoints is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hunting Creek Lake, Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, Cunningham Falls and 2 more. It climbs 1,046 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62915, -77.46103
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 7 viewpoints
6.2 mi · ▲ 1,046 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 917–1,655 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62915, -77.46103
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Lower Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Hog Rock.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Blue Ridge Summit Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
83% dirt9% gravel3% paved2% boardwalk1% grass2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,041 ft
- Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint–South Bob's Hill Overlook, 5 viewpoints 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,284 ft
- Chimney Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 beaches 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,404 ft
- Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 6 viewpoints 4.6 mi · ▲ 781 ft
- Cunningham Falls–Boardwalk Viewpoint, 5 beaches 1.1 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 6 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft
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