Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 6 viewpoints is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hunting Creek Lake, Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, Cunningham Falls and Hog Rock before reaching Blue Ridge Summit Vista at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 2,775 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,053 – 1,768 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Misery Trail 39.62682, -77.45558
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 6 viewpoints
15.3 mi · ▲ 2,775 ft · 6 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,053–1,768 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: Old Misery Trail · 39.62682, -77.45558
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Misery Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Cunningham Falls.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miPass Hog Rock.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Blue Ridge Summit Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 2.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Old Misery Trail, heading N.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
98% dirt2% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Old Misery Trail Trailhead
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,169 ft
- North Bob's Hill Overlook–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft
- Cat Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 2.8 mi · ▲ 822 ft
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