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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Hunting Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Charcoal Exhibit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Hunting Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 4 lakes 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft
- Hog Rock–Cunningham Falls, 5 viewpoints 5.8 mi · ▲ 991 ft
- Wolf Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches 5.4 mi · ▲ 892 ft
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