Cunningham Falls State Park

Forest Road–Salamander, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 986 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Forest Road–Salamander, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near White Rocks, MD. It climbs 986 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,644 ft · steepest grade: 28%9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52875, -77.46667
Nearest town White Rocks, MD

Directions

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Forest Road–Salamander, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 986 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 784–1,642 ft

Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park

Trailhead: 39.52875, -77.46667

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miBear right onto Tears of a Clown, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Salamander, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear right onto Moe's Cut, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftTurn right onto Salamander, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Road, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miReach Tears of a Clown, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Salamander, heading N.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left onto Moe's Cut, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Salamander, heading S.
  18. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.7 miBear right onto Tears of a Clown, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Upper Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  21. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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