Wolf Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches is a 5.4-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 Wolf Rock at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 892 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi827 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62956, -77.45869
Nearest town Hunting Creek Acres, MD
Directions
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Wolf Rock–Hunting Creek Lake, 4 beaches
5.4 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 826–1,514 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 left onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Wolf Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
88% dirt1% paved11% 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, 4 lakes 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft
- 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
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