Cat Rock–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches is a 12-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Foxville, MD. The route passes Cunningham Falls State Park Beach before reaching Cat Rock at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 1,620 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,106 – 1,768 ft · steepest grade: 15%12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64331, -77.48298
Nearest town Foxville, MD
Directions
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Cat Rock–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches
12 mi · ▲ 1,620 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,107–1,768 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: 39.64331, -77.48298
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 2.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Cat Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Cunningham Falls via Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 557 ft
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