Cunningham Falls

Cunningham Falls is a waterfall in Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland. Cunningham Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Foxville, as well as near Hunting Creek Acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hunting Creek Lake and Catoctin Mountain.

Hunting Creek Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Abbygails, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hunting Creek Lake is a reservoir.

Catoctin Mountain

Peak

Photo: Vegemighty, CC0.

Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range.

Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center is a tourism office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foxville and Thurmont.

Foxville

Hamlet

Photo: Jb91archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Foxville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Foxville is located on Maryland Route 77, 4.7 miles west of Thurmont.

Thurmont

Photo: Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thurmont is a small town in Frederick County, Maryland. It hosts the Catoctin Colorfest, an arts and crafts festival that draws in about 125,000 people each autumn.

Garfield is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, situated within the District 6, Catoctin. Garfield appears on the Myersville U.S. Geological Survey Map and is located in the Eastern Time Zone. Garfield is situated 3½ miles southwest of Cunningham Falls.

Cunningham Falls

Type: Waterfall
Also known as: “McAfee Falls”
Category: body of water
Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.63166° or 39° 37′ 54″ north

Longitude

-77.47076° or 77° 28′ 15″ west

Elevation

1,247 feet (380 metres)

Height

78 feet (24 metres)

Open location code

87F4JGJH+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2473083325

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

4352662

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Satellite Map

Discover Cunningham Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hunting Creek Acres and Leisure Mountain.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cunningham Falls and Skeet Range.

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