Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock Loop, 3 viewpoints is a 4.5-mile loop in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hog Rock and Blue Ridge Summit Vista. It climbs 920 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi922 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail 39.63235, -77.46838
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock Loop, 3 viewpoints
4.5 mi · ▲ 920 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 921–1,655 ft
Loop · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail · 39.63235, -77.46838
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Hog Rock.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Blue Ridge Summit Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Boardwalk Trail Trailhead
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail 7 mi · ▲ 1,677 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 1.3 mi · ▲ 168 ft
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