Cat Rock Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,691 ft · 3 hr 59 min
Cat Rock Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. It climbs 1,691 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi824 – 1,768 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62281, -77.46852
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Cat Rock Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,691 ft · 3 hr 59 min
Elevation 823–1,768 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: 39.62281, -77.46852
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 2.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cat Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Cat Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Cunningham Falls State Park Beach & Catoctin National Recreation Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 681 ft
- Cunningham Falls State Park Beach & Catoctin National Recreation Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Red Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,175 ft
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