Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 6 viewpoints is a 4.6-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 Hog Rock before reaching Blue Ridge Summit Vista at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 781 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62707, -77.46239
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 6 viewpoints
4.6 mi · ▲ 781 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 1,026–1,655 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62707, -77.46239
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water 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.
- 350 ftBear left onto Lower Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls.
- 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.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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
71% dirt20% gravel5% boardwalk1% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint–South Bob's Hill Overlook, 5 viewpoints 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,284 ft
- North Bob's Hill Overlook–Hunting Creek Lake, 3 beaches 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft
- Cat Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 3 beaches 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,453 ft
- Wolf Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 beaches 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,173 ft
- Chimney Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 beaches 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,404 ft
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