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.
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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
- Start on Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Cunningham Falls.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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