Cunningham Falls State Park Beach & Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route reaches Cunningham Falls State Park Beach. It climbs 681 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,191 – 1,726 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62281, -77.46852
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Cunningham Falls State Park Beach & Catoctin National Recreation Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,191–1,726 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62281, -77.46852
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 2.2 miReach Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
More from this trailhead
- Cunningham Falls State Park Beach & Catoctin National Recreation Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Red Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,175 ft
- Cat Rock Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 1,691 ft
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