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Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Foxville, MD. It climbs 498 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,178 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64331, -77.48298
Nearest town Foxville, MD

Directions

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Catoctin National Recreation Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 1,178–1,653 ft

Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park

Trailhead: 39.64331, -77.48298

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 250 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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