Poplar Grove Youth Group Campground
Campground
Campground · 0.7 mi from the trail
Maryland · Rock climbing · Thurmont · Near Ballenger Creek
Blue Ridge Summit/Hog Rock Parking Boulders
- 9 routes
- V0 – V8
- Bouldering
- Apr, Jun–Oct
- best months
Is Blue Ridge Summit/Hog Rock Parking Boulders open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Catoctin Mountain Park.
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Blue Ridge Summit/Hog Rock Parking Boulders is a bouldering area in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, managed by the National Park Service. It sits within the park's land, about 0.4 miles from Hog Rock and the Hog Rock Nature Trail, and the parking area serves as the base for the boulders. The climbing here is all bouldering, with nine routes spread across the boulders. The grades range from V0 to V8, with the median at V6. Among the named routes are Caddyshack at V0, Ferris Bueller's Day Off at V2, and Next Gen Low at V8. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the sweet spots. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 75°F, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. Hog Rock and the Hog Rock Nature Trail are both about 0.4 miles away, and the Charcoal Exhibition Boulder and Poplar Grove Youth Group Campground are about 0.7 miles off.
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More in Ballenger CreekBest time to go · Apr, Jun–Oct
Best time to visit Blue Ridge Summit/Hog Rock Parking Boulders
Best months: April and June–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
39° / 23°
10 wet
Feb
42° / 25°
9 wet
Mar
52° / 31°
12 wet
Apr
65° / 42°
12 wet
May
73° / 52°
14 wet
Jun
80° / 60°
12 wet
Jul
84° / 65°
12 wet
Aug
81° / 63°
12 wet
Sep
75° / 58°
11 wet
Oct
65° / 46°
11 wet
Nov
53° / 36°
11 wet
Dec
43° / 28°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Catoctin Mtn Park, MD, 1.4 mi away at 1,610 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (9)
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