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Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,335 – 1,450 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62582, -77.47131
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD

Directions

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Catoctin National Recreation Trail

2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 45 min

Elevation 1,334–1,450 ft

Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park

Trailhead: 39.62582, -77.47131

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.7 miReach Catoctin National Recreation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miArrive 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

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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