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Hog Rock Loop Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. It climbs 393 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,247 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Boardwalk Trail 39.63235, -77.46838
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD

Directions

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Hog Rock Loop Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 54 min

Elevation 923–1,248 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

  1. Start on Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
  5. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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