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Contact: Debra Mills, 301-663-9388
THURMONT, MD –Catoctin Mountain Park
joins national parks, programs and
partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share
their stories online at FindYourPark.com.Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation,Find
Your Park is a
public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial
anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its
second century of service. Find Your Park invites the public to see that a
national park can be more than a place -- it can be a feeling, a state of mind,
or a sense of American pride. Beyond vast landscapes, the campaign highlights
historical, urban, and cultural parks, as well as the National Park Service
programs that protect, preserve and share nature, culture, and history in
communities nationwide. "Find Your Park" is also the
theme for this year's National Park Week, April 18 –26. Visitors
are invited to: explore 25 miles of hiking trails;test their skills in pristine
fly-fishing streams;celebrate National Junior Ranger Day on April 18 by
participating in our self-paced Junior Ranger Program at the Visitor Center;or
to join a ranger-led Wildflower Walk at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at
the Owens Creek Picnic Area. "We would like to invite everyone
to come out and celebrate National Park Week with us at Catoctin Mountain Park.
This park is a perfect place to get away from the busy metropolitan areas.Our trails and streams are ideal for
relaxation, reflection and rejuvenation " said Park Superintendent Mel
Poole. Visit
www.NationalParkWeek.org to learn more about how you can join parks, programs,
and partners in celebrating National Park Week across the country. Catoctin Mountain Park is one of over 400 units administered by the
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Correspondence should
be addressed to: Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain Park, 6602 Foxville Road,
Thurmont, MD 21788. Our website address is www.nps.gov/cato.Emergency or after hours calls should be
directed to the National Capital Region Communications Center at
1-866-677-6677.General information can
be obtained by calling the Visitor Center at(301) 663-9388. The park Visitor Center is open from 10:00 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. daily. |
Last updated: April 10, 2015