Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 viewpoints is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hunting Creek Lake, Cunningham Falls State Park Beach and Cunningham Falls before reaching Hog Rock at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 991 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62956, -77.45869
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 viewpoints
5.8 mi · ▲ 991 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 917–1,655 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62956, -77.45869
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftPass Cunningham Falls.
- 300 ftReach Hog Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miPass Hog Rock.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 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
86% dirt2% boardwalk1% paved11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 4 lakes 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches 3.3 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Wolf Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 5.4 mi · ▲ 892 ft
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