Accessibility

Accessibility Pages

• Physical / Mobility
• Blind / Low Vision
• Deaf / Hearing Loss
• Cognitive / Learning Disabilities
• Service Animals

Welcome 

Catoctin Mountain Park welcomes all individuals with a disability! Our park strives to make its park accessible to visitors by removing barriers and providing alternative programming. Explore the accessibility pages for relevant information categorized by disability type. Please contact us with any questions or for help planning your visit.  

Cell Service 

• Verizon and AT&T customers will have good service throughout the park. 
• T-Mobile customers will likely not have service throughout the park.

Hospitals/Medical

• WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, 147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325
• Frederick Memorial Hosptial, 400 W 7th Street, Frederick, MD 21701
• If an emergency, call "911"

Additional aid

• TTY Federal Relay Service: [phone] 
• Voice Carry Over (VCO): [phone] 
• Speech-to-Speech [phone]

Resources

• NPS Accessibility 
• File a Disability Complaint. 

Safety

• Bees are presnet along trails and woods in the spring and summer months.
• Ticks can be present during the spring, summer, and autumn months.
• The park does receive snowfall and can experience heat waves, check weather forecasts before traveling to the park.

 

Accessibility on Spicebush Trail WoodCarpet®

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Spicebush Trail

This quarter-mile interpretive trail is wheelchair-accessible with a natural-looking specially bonded WoodCarpet® that is firm and stable. The trailhead is in the Chestnut picnic area. Accessible parking and two wheelchair-accessible picnic tables connect to the trail. Restrooms are within 200'. Historic Camp Greentop, known for its tradition of serving children with disabilities, is also very close.

 

Chestnut Picnic Area Sign

NPS - Catoctin Mountain Park

Chestnut Picnic Area

This picnic area features two wheelchair-accessible picnic tables and grills, the firm and stable WoodCarpet® on the Spicebush Trail, and accessible restrooms. See the photo gallery below for detailed descriptions.

 

 

Owen's Creek Camping Area

Catoctin Mountain Park's tent-camping area features three accessible sites, the accessible Sawmill Interpretive Trail, and restrooms with paved access.

The accessible camp sites were just completed in 2010 with a cutting-edge design. Mulch is compacted with a hardened resin for good tread and an earthy feel. The lamp post has both high and low hooks. The tent pad is elevated for convenient wheelchair mounting. The comfort facility is about 200' from the farthest site.

Please note: While short paved paths connect the accessible sites with the restrooms, the grades are greater than ADA recommendations. The restrooms include accessible facilities, but some corners are tight and the doors are not mechanized.

 

Sawmill Exhibit Boardwalk

NPS - Catoctin Mountain Park

Exhibits

The Sawmill exhibit located next to Owens Creek Campground has a wooden ramp system that will allow wheelchairs to travel from the parking lot to the sawmill itself. Interpretive signs are located along the ramp and there are resting platforms along the ramp and at the sawmill. The exhibit is open all year but the ramp access from the campground is limited to the camping season, April 15th through November 1. Year round access to the Sawmill exhibit is available from the Sawmill Parking Area on Foxville Road which also has a wooden ramp system for exhibit access. Our Blacksmith Shop is wheelchair accessible. Please go to the Calendar for specific dates and times it will be open. The Visitor Center has a small exhibit area that is wheelchair accessible. The history of man's use of the mountain's resources and native animals are featured.

 

Camps

Both Camp Greentop and Camp Round Meadow are accessible. Camp Greentop is used by The League for People with Disabilities each summer. Spring and Fall weekends are usually good times to rent either of these facilities.Camp Misty Mount has limited accessibility facilities. Camp Misty Mount is a camp where individuals may rent a cabin. A few cabins are accessible but it is recommended you contact the park for specific information on pathways within the camp. Call [phone] for information.

 

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  Physical / Mobility

  How can the park help you prepare for your visit?

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  Blind / Low Vision

  Find information to successfully plan for your visit to the park.

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  Deaf / Hearing Loss

  Visit this page for helpful access information before you travel to the park.