Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Manahan Ranch Estates, MD. The route passes Cunningham Falls State Park Beach and Hunting Creek Lake before reaching Cunningham Falls State Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 669 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,079 – 1,755 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chestnut Horse Trail 39.64751, -77.47574
Nearest town Manahan Ranch Estates, MD
Directions
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Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 4 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 669 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,078–1,756 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Chestnut Horse Trail · 39.64751, -77.47574
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 0.3 miPass Cunningham Falls State Park Beach.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Hunting Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 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
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chestnut Horse Trail Trailhead
- Cunningham Falls–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 2,192 ft
- Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint–South Bob's Hill Overlook, 4 viewpoints 12.1 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 595 ft
- Hunting Creek Lake–Cunningham Falls State Park Beach, 3 beaches 5 mi · ▲ 698 ft
- Chimney Rock & Cunningham Falls via Catoctin National Recreation Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,870 ft
- Catoctin National Recreation Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 527 ft
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