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Cunningham Falls–Hog Rock Loop, 4 viewpoints is a 4.7-mile loop in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route passes Hog Rock, Cunningham Falls and Boardwalk Viewpoint. It climbs 935 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hog Rock Loop Trail 39.64636, -77.45393
Nearest town Flint, MD

Directions

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Cunningham Falls–Hog Rock Loop, 4 viewpoints

4.7 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 921–1,655 ft

Loop · 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

  1. Start on Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miPass Hog Rock.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Boardwalk Viewpoint.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Boardwalk Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1 miSharp left onto Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

97% dirt3% boardwalk

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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