Catoctin Mountain Park Adjusts Visitor Center Hours

Date: December 3, 2014
Contact: Debra Mills, 301-663-9388

The Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center will close on Wednesdays beginning December 3, 2014 to increase efficiency and reduce rising energy costs. The closures will continue through March 25, 2015 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 when the Visitor Center is closed. Podcasts, maps and news releases will be posted on the park website at www.nps.gov/cato. Information obtainable on the park website, social media, 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.

Catoctin Mountain Park is one of over 400 units administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The park Visitor Center, located on State Route 77 three miles west of Thurmont, Maryland, is open from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily with the exception of Wednesdays when the office is closed. The Visitor Center will be closed on Federal Holidays November through February.Correspondence should be addressed to: Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain Park, 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, MD 21788. Our website address is www.nps.gov/cato.General information can be obtained by calling the Visitor Center at [phone]

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