Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 4 lakes is a 6.1-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 before reaching Frank Bentz Memorial Lake at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,364 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi584 – 1,221 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.3 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, 4 lakes
6.1 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 583–1,220 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.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miPass Frank Bentz Memorial Lake.
- 150 ftReach Hunting Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
Trail surface
80% dirt2% paved18% 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
More from this trailhead
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches 3.3 mi · ▲ 447 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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