White Rock via Catoctin National Recreation Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 47 min
White Rock via Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Cunningham Falls State Park near Catoctin Furnace, MD. The route reaches White Rock at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 757 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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White Rock via Catoctin National Recreation Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 492–1,246 ft
Out & Back · Cunningham Falls State Park
Trailhead: 39.58161, -77.43398
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Catoctin Furnace Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miReach White Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Catoctin Furnace Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,722 ft
- Catoctin Furnace Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,698 ft
- North Bob's Hill Overlook via Catoctin Furnace Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft
- Cat Rock & Bob's Hill Natural Area Viewpoint & South Bob's Hill Overlook via Catoctin Furnace Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,185 ft
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