Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 6 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hunting Creek Lake, Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, Cunningham Falls and Hog Rock. It climbs 1,081 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,654 ft6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62707, -77.46239
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 6 sights
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 917–1,655 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62707, -77.46239
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 350 ftBear left onto Lower Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miPass Hog Rock.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Hog Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boardwalk Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 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
83% dirt9% gravel2% boardwalk6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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