Cunningham Falls State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
Location | Frederick County, Maryland, United States |
Nearest town | Thurmont, Maryland |
Coordinates | 39°37′53″N 77°28′17″W / 39.63139°N 77.47139°W[2] |
Area | 6,080 acres (24.6 km2)[3] |
Elevation | 1,247 ft (380 m)[2] |
Designation | Maryland state park |
Established | 1954[4] |
Administrator | Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Website | Cunningham Falls State Park |
Cunningham Falls State Park is a public recreation area 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.[5] 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.
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