Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Chimney Rock at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 702 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,145 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Trail 39.64023, -77.44566
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 702 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,144–1,514 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 39.64023, -77.44566
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Chimney Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange Trail Trailhead
- Charcoal Exhibit Trail & Thurmont Vista Loop Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Wolf Rock Loop via Gateway Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 850 ft
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