National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Catoctin Mountain Parkfall forest
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Catoctin Mountain Park
Operating Hours & Seasons
Catoctin Mountain Park is open year-round during daylight hours.
 
Catoctin Mountain Park entrance sign in snow.

NPS Photo

Catoctin Mountain Park is open all year.

The park is open all year from daylight until dark.

Visitor Center hours: Monday through Thursday, 10:00am to 4:30pm; Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm; Saturday and Sunday, 8:30am to 5:00pm; closed for the following winter federal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, President's Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

The Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center will close on Wednesdays beginning December 3, 2008 to increase efficiency and reduce rising energy costs. The closures will continue until March 25, 2009 when the Visitor Center will return to a seven day operation. As Wednesdays are the lowest visitation day, impact to visitors will be negligible.

 

The Resource Education Staff will continue to explore alternative methods of providing information through the use of technology such as the park’s first closed-captioned video podcast, which is scheduled to debut in the coming weeks. Podcasts, maps and news releases will be posted on the park website. Information obtainable on the park website, wayside exhibits on interpretive trails and from bulletin boards at the Visitor Center will offer functional alternatives for visitors impacted by the Visitor Center closure. Please direct questions and comments about the Visitor Center closure to Chief Ranger Holly Rife.

There are seasonal road closures, normally during the winter months. Please check at the park Visitor Center for more information.

There may be temporary security closures. Please check at the park Visitor Center for more information.

 

Owens Creek Campground is open May 1, 2009 through the 3rd Sunday in November, November 16, 2009.

Camp Misty Mount, a family cabin rental facility, is open from April 17th, 2009 through November 2, 2009.

Poplar Grove Youth Group Tent Camping Area is closed from March 1st through April 15th.
Job Corps emblem  

Did You Know?
The first Job Corps Center in President Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” operated from 1965-1969. Goals were to combine work, education, and recreation “to create a desire to become happy, useful, and self-supporting citizens,” to “create a good work attitude,” and to improve reading and math skills.

Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: March 19, 2009 at 12:11 EST