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Swallow Falls Canyon Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Swallow Falls State Park/Maryland

Swallow Falls Canyon Trail

Oakland, Maryland

1.1 mi

Distance

220 ft

Elev. Gain

26m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Swallow Falls Canyon Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:692 ft
Max:730 ft
Gain:67 ft
Loss:67 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 692 ft and 730 ft across 1.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.692 ft705 ft717 ft730 ft0.0 mi0.3 mi0.5 mi0.8 mi1.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi725 ft
High point1.0 mi730 ft
End1.1 mi725 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Oakland, MD · about 5 mi away
County:
Garrett County, MD
Jurisdiction:
Swallow Falls State Park · Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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