Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook via Catoctin Furnace Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,185 ft · 2 hr
Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook via Catoctin Furnace Trail is a 4.2-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, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,185 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 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 via Catoctin Furnace Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,185 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 492–1,679 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: 39.58161, -77.43398
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 33% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin Furnace Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftPass South Bob's Hill Overlook.
- 250 ftReach Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Catoctin Furnace Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,722 ft
- Catoctin Furnace Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,698 ft
- White Rock via Catoctin National Recreation Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 757 ft
- North Bob's Hill Overlook via Catoctin Furnace Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft
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