Maryland
Cunningham Falls
52 mi from Baltimore · ~1.5 hr drive
78ft tall
≈ 24 m
≈ 24 m
Cunningham Falls is a named waterfall in Maryland — a 78-foot drop, about 52 miles from Baltimore, MD. Full visit details below.
- State
- Maryland
- Nearest city
- Baltimore, MD · 52 mi · ~1.5 hr drive
- Height
- 78 ft (24 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.6317°, -77.4708°
- County
- Frederick
From Wikipedia: Cunningham Falls State Park is a Maryland state park located west of Thurmont, Maryland, in the United States. The state park is the home of Cunningham Falls, the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland, a 43-acre (17 ha) man-made lake, and the remains of a historic iron furnace. The park is one of several protected areas occupying 50-mile-long Catoctin Mountain; it is bordered on its north by Catoctin Mountain Park and on its south by Frederick Municipal Forest. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Cunningham Falls State Park, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Cunningham Falls
The exact location is at 39.6317°, -77.4708° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Baltimore, MD — 52 miles away (~1.5 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Cunningham Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.