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Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route passes Cunningham Falls and Cunningham Falls State Park Beach before reaching Hunting Creek Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 436 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,247 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hog Rock Loop Trail 39.63416, -77.45109
Nearest town Flint, MD

Directions

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Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches

3.3 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 921–1,248 ft

Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park

Trailhead: Hog Rock Loop Trail · 39.63416, -77.45109

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miPass Cunningham Falls.
  4. 350 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
  8. 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
  15. 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

65% dirt28% gravel7% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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