Catoctin Mountain Park

Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches

3.3 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Hunting Creek Acres, MD. The route passes Hunting Creek Lake and Cunningham Falls State Park Beach. It climbs 447 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi915 – 1,309 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62956, -77.45869
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD

Directions

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Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches

3.3 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 917–1,311 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Charcoal Exhibit Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miReach Hunting Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% dirt3% paved33% 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

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