Cunningham Falls & Boardwalk Viewpoint via Hog Rock Loop Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route passes Cunningham Falls before reaching Boardwalk Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 415 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,247 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gateway Trail 39.63375, -77.44928
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Cunningham Falls & Boardwalk Viewpoint via Hog Rock Loop Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 917–1,248 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Gateway Trail · 39.63375, -77.44928
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 NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Boardwalk Viewpoint.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Boardwalk Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 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
87% dirt9% boardwalk4% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gateway Trail Trailhead
- Cunningham Falls–Cat Rock, 3 viewpoints 11.7 mi · ▲ 1,852 ft
- Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 3.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,280 ft
- Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls Loop, 3 viewpoints 4.7 mi · ▲ 935 ft
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