Wolf Rock–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 summits is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Catoctin Mountain Park near Altogether, MD. The route passes Frank Bentz Memorial Lake and Wolf Rock. It climbs 1,484 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi561 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62331, -77.42213
Nearest town Altogether, MD
Directions
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Wolf Rock–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 summits
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,484 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 561–1,514 ft
Out & Back · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.62331, -77.42213
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gateway Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Frank Bentz Memorial Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Wolf Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Gateway Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Chimney Rock–Frank Bentz Memorial Lake, 3 summits 3.1 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- Blue Ridge Summit Vista–Hog Rock, 5 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,200 ft
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