Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Chimney Rock at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 843 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,221 – 1,545 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64764, -77.44816
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 843 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,222–1,545 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.64764, -77.44816
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Chimney Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 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
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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