Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 5 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Altogether, MD. The route passes Frank Bentz Memorial Lake and Blue Ridge Summit Vista before reaching Hog Rock at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 2,200 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi561 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62331, -77.42213
Nearest town Altogether, MD
Directions
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 5 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 2,200 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 561–1,655 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62331, -77.42213
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gateway Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Frank Bentz Memorial Lake.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Blue Ridge Summit Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miPass Hog Rock.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 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
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Chimney Rock–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 summits 3.1 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- Wolf Rock–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 summits 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,484 ft
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