Wolf Rock Loop via Gateway Trail is a 3.6-mile loop in Catoctin Mountain Park near Flint, MD. The route reaches Wolf Rock. It climbs 850 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi827 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 27%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Trail 39.64023, -77.44566
Nearest town Flint, MD
Directions
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Wolf Rock Loop via Gateway Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 850 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 826–1,514 ft
Loop · Catoctin Mountain Park
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 39.64023, -77.44566
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Thurmont Vista Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Wolf Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Gateway Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Hog Rock Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes 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
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- Chimney Rock via Thurmont Vista Loop Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 702 ft
- Charcoal Exhibit Trail & Thurmont Vista Loop Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 376 ft
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