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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftReach Cunningham Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 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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