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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
  4. 2.2 miReach Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 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

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