MotoRevRoute Twisty Staff Pick
Catoctin Mountain (MD 77)
Thurmont to Smithsburg
- Distance
- 11 mi
- Riding Time
- 19 min
- Climb
- 1,506 ft
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- April to November, with fall color in mid to late October.
- Fuel
- Fill up in Thurmont or Smithsburg. There is none on the mountain.
- Watch For
- Tight curves on the climb, hikers and park visitors, deer, and wet leaves in the fall.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
MD 77 climbs west out of Thurmont along Big Hunting Creek through Catoctin Mountain Park, past Cunningham Falls State Park, and over the mountain through Foxville to Smithsburg. It is a short, curvy road through hardwood forest.
Stops
- StartThurmont
- FinishSmithsburg
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