Hog Rock & Hog Rock Loop Trail Loop is a 4.5-mile loop in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route reaches Hog Rock. It climbs 913 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,654 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail 39.63235, -77.46838
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Hog Rock & Hog Rock Loop Trail Loop
4.5 mi · ▲ 913 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 917–1,655 ft
Loop · 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 ftBear right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Hog Rock.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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
- Frank Bentz Memorial Lake & Gateway Trail 7 mi · ▲ 1,677 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
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