Cunningham Falls via Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Foxville, MD. The route reaches Cunningham Falls at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 557 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,165 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64404, -77.48524
Nearest town Foxville, MD
Directions
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Cunningham Falls via Catoctin National Recreation Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 1,166–1,653 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.64404, -77.48524
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 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
89% dirt1% boardwalk10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
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- Browns Farm Nature Loop & Browns Farm Trail via Owens Creek Horse Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 391 ft
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- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 498 ft
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