Hog Rock Loop Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. It climbs 667 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi915 – 1,247 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.3 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
3.1 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 917–1,248 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.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cunningham Falls Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 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
97% dirt3% 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
- 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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