Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Chimney Rock at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,028 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,221 – 1,558 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hog Rock Loop Trail 39.64636, -77.45393
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,222–1,557 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Hog Rock Loop Trail · 39.64636, -77.45393
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Chimney Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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