Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,066 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Catoctin Furnace, MD. The route passes Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint before reaching South Bob's Hill Overlook at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 1,066 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,066 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 610–1,679 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: 39.58887, -77.43589
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass South Bob's Hill Overlook.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Rock–Whisky Springs Pond, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft
- Cat Rock Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 2,096 ft
- Cat Rock 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,486 ft
- White Rock via Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 751 ft
- North Bob's Hill Overlook 3 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
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