Blue Ridge Summit Vista via Hog Rock Loop Trail
1.6 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 44 min
Blue Ridge Summit Vista via Hog Rock Loop Trail is a 1.6-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Blue Ridge Summit Vista at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 388 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Ridge Summit Vista via Hog Rock Loop Trail
1.6 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 44 min
Elevation 1,222–1,554 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Charcoal Exhibit Trail · 39.64699, -77.44413
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 N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftReach Blue Ridge Summit Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Charcoal Exhibit Trail Trailhead
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- Cunningham Falls–Hog Rock, 3 viewpoints 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
- Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Charcoal Exhibit Trail via Gateway Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,525 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 560 ft
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