Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route reaches Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,677 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi584 – 1,247 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail 39.63235, -77.46838
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,677 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 583–1,248 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail · 39.63235, -77.46838
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Boardwalk Trail Trailhead
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Hog Rock Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Cunningham Falls–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 1.3 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Wolf Rock via Hog Rock Loop Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,106 ft
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